Summer Program Director – Tyler Mohrbacher

We sat down with Tyler Mohrbacher (T-Mo) our Summer Program Director for a short interview about this summer's "More Than" Sports Camps. What year was this for you working for the "More Than" Sports Camps? Tyler: This was my 12th year helping as either a counselor or...

19 Years and “More Than” We Can Ask For

This summer was our 19th year of the Skybacher "More Than" Sports Camps summer program. We get excited every spring as the camp season approaches. What group of coaches will we have. Who will be the kids we remember. What kinds of joy and fun will we experience this...

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...
Oh What a Night! – Great Big Group Date 24′

Oh What a Night! – Great Big Group Date 24′

Oh What a night it was for our annual Great Big Group Date! Every year we try to plan a big group outing around Valentine's Day. This year we had to adapt to keep the prices low as the cost of everything seems to have gone up. We had dinner at Mcdonald's - maybe a...

20th Year Celebration and Dinner Auction – Tickets!

20th Year Celebration and Dinner Auction – Tickets!

This March 2nd we are bringing back our in-person Dinner Auction and Celebrating 20 years of Skybacher Ministries - sports and youth ministry. We are hoping to get 20 tables of people to join us in the celebration and auction! You can get your tickets by clicking the...

New Year, A New Thing, Same God – Laser Tag Party

New Year, A New Thing, Same God – Laser Tag Party

We were trying to think of a way to kick of the new year.??And we decided what a better way to get things started in 2024 then a little laser tag.?At Laser Storm, 22 of us ducked and dodged lasers throughout 3 games on the night.?At the break we had a message and...

Celebrating 20 years of Good Stuff – Turkey & Good Stuff 23′

Celebrating 20 years of Good Stuff – Turkey & Good Stuff 23′

Hard to believe that 20 years ago we were gathering baked goods from family and friends to start a spring up sports ministry, but that's exactly what we were doing in the beginning of November 2004. We eventually made enough money to purchase volleyballs, and had a...

A Bowl Full of Blessing – Cereal Bowl 23′

A Bowl Full of Blessing – Cereal Bowl 23′

This November 19th we once again hosted our annual Flag Football Cereal Bowl. It was a beautiful day for football, and 19 teams came and battled it out on the day through 4 different age divisions. First off we always encourage students to donate a box of cereal that...

Dodgeball Pumpkin Blast 23′

Dodgeball Pumpkin Blast 23′

It had been since 2019, since we had done our beloved Dodgeball Pumpkin Blast Tournament. Oh how missed it was! Nine teams of K-6th grade filled the gym, most wearing team themes - (the Fireballs, the Soccer Zombies, the Zelie Zombies etc.) The dodgeball action was...

Dodgeball Showdown Returns with a Blast of Blessings

Dodgeball Showdown Returns with a Blast of Blessings

Skybacher Ministries has been around for 19 school years, and in that time we have hosted many, many dodgeball tournaments, like 17 years worth of dodgeball tournaments. Then a global pandemic made it difficult to continue such an event. But this spring we felt like...

23′ More Than Summer Camp Registration is Open!!

23′ More Than Summer Camp Registration is Open!!

The people have been askin, and so we are happy to report that the registration for the Skybacher "More Than" Sports Camps is open for the summer - Students can register for camp for only $40 if before May 1st. Also there is scholarship available for those that might...

Great Big Group Date 23′

Great Big Group Date 23′

Even before Skybacher Ministries existed we had been doing the Great Big Group Date - A night for students to hang out with friends doing something local in the Pittsburgh area! This year it was great to once again offer this event. 25 of us headed to Dave &...

Turkey & Stuffing Volleyball Tourney 22′ – Stuffed with Blessing

Turkey & Stuffing Volleyball Tourney 22′ – Stuffed with Blessing

The first ever tournament we hosted as a ministry was a volleyball tournament - so every time we are able to do this tournament we consider it a great blessing as its a reminder that God isn't finished with us. Nine teams showed up for a highly competitive tournament...

Flag Football Cereal Bowl  22′- Filled with Good Times!

Flag Football Cereal Bowl 22′- Filled with Good Times!

It had been a few years since we last hosted the Flag Football Cereal Bowl, but on November 13th, it was back like it had never left. We had 18 different teams participate in the day in various different divisions. There were well over 300 people in attendance on the...