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...

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,...