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...

3-on-3 Slam on April 25th

Spring is here and that means it's time once again for the Skybacher Ministries 3-on-3 Slam. On Saturday April 25th we will take to the Freedom Outdoor Courts.  This year we are opening the tournament up to all ages.  We will still have a jr. high division but the the...

West Side Gets One For the Thumb!!

It was a beautiful day for flag football as Skybacher Ministries hosted it's 5th Flag Football Frenzy Tournament. This time we decided to try out the spring weather and it was a great day. We had 6 teams total participate. The teams battled it out throughout the...

Skybacher Sports 08-09 Champions

We have had 7 tournaments total for the 08-09 school year with Flag Football 2 this upcoming weekend. There have only been 2 names on the champions list so far. Let's see if anyone can change that before the year is over. Here is the list of tournaments and the...

Five Loaves Campaign February Update

We've got great news about the 5 Loaves Campaign!  We have reached the 100 persons mark!  110 to be exact, and that number is growing each day.  Praise the Lord!!  A big thanks to everyone who has participated and made a difference in changing young people's lives. ...

Are You Ready For Some Football? Again?

You've asked for it for years.  "Why don't you do another Flag Football Tournament?"  We'll we are giving the people what they want on March 21st!  It's the Skybacher Ministries Flag Football Frenzy Tournament 2 - "The Mud Bowl".   How's that for a title?  We will...

The Streak Continues…

Our Whip-It tournament might have had a small number of teams, but fun was had by all!  The streak continues for West Sides' domination of tournaments this year - they remained undefeated throughout the evening.  Great job guys and girls from West Side!! We also...

Group Date Night Lots of Snowy Fun!!

Our 7th Annual Great Group Date was a lot of fun this year.  45 of us enjoyed a great night starting off with all-you-can-eat pizza and wings, and then capped off with 3 hours of awesome snow tubing at Wildwood Highlands!!  We had  a blast!

We’ve Got You Covered This Weekend at Skybacher

Have you got cabin fever? Tired of the cold and just can't wait to get out and run around? Well we've got you covered this weekend at Skybacher Ministries. First on Saturday we bring you the action packed game that is sweeping the nation called Whip-It. Doors will...

Great Big Group Valentine’s Date!

Sunday FEBRUARY 22nd Skybacher Ministries heads to the slopes of Wildwood Highlands for our annual Great Big Group Date.  We will have all you can eat WINGS, and PIZZA, along with 3 HOURS of SNOW TUBING, for only $20. We will be meeting at the church 3:15 p.m.   Call...

Whip-It on February 21st

We just finished up the Dodgeball Blast 2 but it won't be long before our next exciting tournament. Whip-It combines the elements of hockey, team handball, and tag to make an exciting action packed game. 6 Players are need per team 2 must be girls or you play with 4....

Everybody wants to hang out with Polamalu!

The results from the latest Skybacher Ministries Poll are in. Troy Polamalu seems to be the most popular Steelers or at least the person we'd like to hang out with the most. This was by far our largest poll ever on the site, as we got 119 votes. Thanks to everyone who...

Mini Blast / HUGE Fun!!

We had our first ever Kidz Dodgeball Night this past Saturday night and had an AMAZING turnout, and a whole lot of fun!  Starting the night with a visit from Chester and Marty (the refs), lots of Dodgeball games and giveaways, and ending the night witha  song from...