Great Big Group Date Lives On!

February was a very busy month at Skybacher Ministries. We kicked off things at The Freedom Place with a Dedication and Dinner Auction. Then we brought back the Someone Special Dance, while continuing to host Kickin' It Futsal Nights, and Rise UP basketball. For over...

The Someone Special Dance 25′

It may seem like a theme but "The Someone Special Dance" was an event we had held for many years up until 2020. Then it faded away with the many events and programs affected by the pandemic. When we knew we were going to have our own multipurpose event space in "The...

The Freedom Place Dedication & Dinner Auction 25′

It was a historic night for Skybacher Ministries on February 15th. This was the night that we dedicated our new community center/headquarters building The Freedom Place! It was last year on March 2nd that we held our first in person dinner auction since the pandemic....

A Blizzard Returns – Broomball Blizzard 25′

Back in the early days of Skybacher Ministries there were 4 staple tournaments that we hosted - dodgeball, flag football, volleyball, and a little sport called broomball. We have played broomball at Skybacher since the very beginning. It's a sport that is on a pretty...

Dodgeballs, Cereal, and Some Good Stuff!

We were very busy this fall working on things at the Freedom Place, but we felt like we still needed to host a few tournaments. In October we held our annual Dodgeball Pumpkin Blast at Provident Charter School. It was a new connection and was a great night of...

The Freedom Place – A Story

A Little HistoryIt was nearly 20 years ago to the day that I had spent my last Sunday as an associate pastor and was without work and searching for a way to provide for a family of 4. Kristie and I weighed out different ideas and we asked ourselves the question, “What...

Would you believe I once won my middle school spelling bee?

Wow who spells pumpkin like that?  Why didn't someone tell me that I had spelled it wrong.  Right on the front page.  For those who don't know what I'm talking about look at the word pumpkin on the dodgeball ad. I really did once beat out a bunch of middle school...

The Pumpkin Blast is On the Way!!

Coming October 25th it's the Skybacher Ministries Pumpkin Blast!! We anticipate this will be one of the biggest events ever, so register your team today.  Here's the idea.  Get your team together (10 players), pick a theme for costumes, and dress yourselves up.  Power...

“The Kings” are Crowned Kickball Champions!

We just finished up our first ever Skybacher Ministries Kickball Kickoff.  It was so much fun.  We had four teams.  Ambridge Ambush, The Lanky Midgets from Ohio UP, West Side, and The Kings.  There was a lot of great kickball action, but in the end and just before...

Hines Ward is Skybacher Ministries Favorite Steeler!

Here are the results from the latest poll.  Hines Ward is tops!!  Yeah!! Who is your favorite Pittsburgh Steeler? Hines Ward (47%, 7 Votes) Troy Polamalu (33%, 5 Votes) Big Ben (13%, 2 Votes) Willie Parker (7%, 1 Votes) Total Voters: 15

Pray & Play- Stand Firm!!

Another week of Pray & Play, this week we played the growing sport of Whip-It, and the always popular dodgeball.  We had 2 new Geneva students come out Gwen and Deeks.  And were reminded to work on standing firm in our faith this school year with a movie clip from...

5 Things to Work on This School Year.

We had our second Pray & Play of the school year.  We played kickball, dodgeball, and coneball.  We read over Philippians 4:1-9.  Here are the 5 things we can learn from the words Paul wrote. 1.  Stand firm in your faith. 2.  Rejoice, rejoice!! In the life God has...

Pray & Play is Back on Sundays!!!!

This Sunday September 7, 2008 our sports and prayer ministry Pray & Play returns.  We will be at Unionville Life Center from 6:30 - 8:30 every Sunday.  Pray & Play is open to anyone in 5th grade and up.  We'd love to see you there.

Board Meeting Picnic – Fun But Freezing

This news isn't very exciting but just wanted to share it anyway. Last night we had our yearly Board Meeting Family Picnic. (Yes we do actually have a board of directors). It was sooooo cold down at Green Valley Park that we were pulling out beach towels and things...

Join the Skybacher Ministries Fantasy Football League

If you like fantasy football or just wanna give it a try in a little friendly competition sign up for the Skybacher Ministries Fantasy Football League today.  All you need is a Yahoo account, and you can sign up.  The league ID# is 412493, and the password is...

Campfire Night @ the Mohrbachers Lots of Fun!!

We had a great time makin smores and hotdogs around the campfire, with only a few getting tossed into the cornfields 🙂 Tossin frisbees, swinging, and just hangin out on one of the last summer nights before school starts back up...it doesn't get any better!!

Skybacher Disc Golf League 2008 – Comes To A Close

This past Monday we had the last of our Disc Golf Days. Cody Williams took home the title for a second straight year. He posted a 64 as the lowest score this year. Nick also posted a 64 this season, but Cody had a better average over more contests. We actually played...

A HUGE Thanks to Our Awesome Staff!!

These staff gave up days and weeks of their summer vacation to serve the kids that came out to our summer camps. We are so thankful for their help and care for all the campers!! Just a glimpse of our afternoon celebrating and recognizing them for the service, and of...

Skybacher Sports Camp – FINAL DAY!!!

What an awesome 5 weeks we have had!! Today was great, with a start from Papa G's donuts, of course. Our skill and virtue for today was teamwork with lots of fun team games, and ending the morning with a water game. Our games for the parents was cut short due to rain,...