The Freedom Place Work Day 26′ – Brightening Up the Place

We have had the privilege of ever since The Freedom Place became ours, to partner with the wonderful people of Portage Learning for a service work day each spring. This year over 40 people gather at The Freedom Place for several work projects on the day. Volunteers...

Slamrock 26′ – an absolute slam dunk!

March means many things, but for Skybacher Ministries it means the return of the 3-on-3 Slamrock Basketball Tourney. This year the event took place at the Freedom Area Middle School. There was an abundance of teams, as we had 26 in total through all divisions. It was...

Dinner Auction 26′ – Laughter was Seen & Heard!

A year ago at this time we held our annual Dinner Auction and dedicated the opening of The Freedom Place. This year we decided we would move things upstairs at the Freedom Place for our auction. The place looked amazing and it was soon filled with people ready to eat,...

Great Big Group Date 26 – Bowling, Pizza, and Big Fun!

The idea behind "The Great Big Group Date" is that no young person would spend Valentine's weekend feeling like they are unloved. We have been doing this event even before we were running Skybacher Ministries. This year 40 of us went to Sim's Bowling Lanes for some...

Not Too Cold – Broomball Blizzard 26′

The previous week we were in an actual blizzard, and this weekend it was a Polar Vortex of freezing cold temperatures, but that didn't stop us from hosting our annual Broomball Blizzard. Broomball is a sport played in many of the northern states, but we have been...

A Whole Lotta Good Stuff – Turkey & Good Stuff Volleyball 25′

It was all the way back in 2004 when our director met with the pastor of Unionville United Methodist church to propose the idea of hosting tournaments at their gym space. The first tournament would be a volleyball tourney. It was there that Skybacher Ministries first...

2nd Day of Mini-Camp – Lots of Soccer!

Today was another great day!!  Our sport was soccer, which was really fun, put that together with a new game for the kids called "Whip-It", today was truly a BLAST!  Our virtue for today was listening, and we were treated with donuts from Papa G, who was our special...

Skybacher Basketball Camp Coming Soon!!!

July 27th through the 31st it's the second session of Skybacher Basketball Camp. Camp will run in the evenings starting at 6 pm. There will be plenty of fun and excitement, as Mr. John has invited his friend Professor J to teach some lessons each day!! Sign up...

Flag Football Comes to a Close

It was an amazing week of Skybacher Flag Football Camp. We learned about: courage, a tame tongue, integrity, servanthood, and praise. We had some intense and crazy football games. Cranky D and L.O. , and the "Lady from the bench" (Miss Diana) brought some...

Flag Football Day 3 – Rough and Rowdy

Day 3 of Flag Football Camp saw a lot of bump and bruises, but no blood.  Everyone was rowdy today as Crank D and L.O got everyone fired up for the day.  Our virtue of the day was "Integrity".  We practiced having integrity in an intense game of Capture the Flag.  The...

Flag Football Camp – Day 2

Another day of Skybacher Flag Football Camp.  Today Cranky D brought out a new guest called L.O.  I guess it means "lights out" because that is what happens when he hits you.  Our virtue for the day was having a "Tame Tongue" as we learned about what it means to...

Flag Football Camp Has Kicked Off!!!

Flag Football Camp started today.  It was a beautiful day for football.  We had 48 kids show up to participate.  Mr. John brought out another one of his guests.  This time it's Cranky D who brought the virtue of the day, which today was courage. Can't wait...

Flag Football Camp Starts on Monday!!!

Skybacher Sports is bringing out Flag Football Camp starting on Monday July 6th. It's still not too late too register! Also don't forget about the mini-sampler camp that will have a different day of each sport. Only a 3 day camp but it will be packed with lots of...

What a Week at Soccer Camp!!

We closed out our second Skybacher Sports Camp yesterday, as soccer camp came to a close. It was an awesome week!! Mobacca made a music video and brought some more smoothies. We played world cup, the numbers game, and showed off for our parents. Then we closed things...

Soccer Camp – Day 4!

Day 4 of soccer camp. More water today, which was a good thing because it was blazing hot!!! Mobacca had a showdown with Josh Cantella, but it was his sister Jenn who would come in and score the game winning goal. We learned what it means to "Value" someone or...