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...

Flag Football Camp – Day 2

Today we worked on Encouragement. The kids experienced "Wind in the Willows" for their initiative, and the games got a little bit better after teams practiced their plays and the kids learned the positions throughout the morning. It was another great day!

Are You Ready For Some Football?

We started our first Flag Football Camp today. I brought in my good friend Cranky D to try to fire up the kids.  He introduced the Virtue of the Day which was TEAMWORK.  We then put that virtue to the test in a little relay we like to call Burden Bearing Relay.  The...

Mobacca Plays Soccer

Here's some more videos from Skybacher Soccer Camp, including Mobacca's Theme Song, and a showdown with counselor Seth.

Soccer Camp – Final Day

We closed out an awesome week of Skybacher Soccer Camp. Mobacca played counselor Seth in a one-on-one game of soccer. Mobacca won the game but he may not have, had there been a ref. Everyone got to show off the fundamental skills they learned in front of friends and...

Soccer Camp – Day 4

Defense & Integrity, that's what we worked on today. The sun came out again, and so did Mobacca. He brought out some reggae vibes with a song from his new CD. He doesn't sing that great but it was a good song. We had a blast playing the game that is sweeping the...

Soccer Camp- Day 3

Well it rained today but nobody really complained since it has been so hot. Which was actually good because our virtue for today was having a positive attitude. Mobacca introduced everyone to the idea of a dance contest. Counselors Jake & Nella took the stage and...

Soccer Camp- Day 2

Another hot one today. Mobacca tried to get everyone on the same page about his name, and then he introduced the virtue of the day - trust, and the skill was passing. We had a great time putting trust into practice as we performed trust falls off of picnic tables. We...

KICKIN Off Another Sports Camp!

Today we started our first Skybacher Soccer Camp. It was really hot for the first day. Reggae Boy - Mobocca showed up and gave us the Virtue of the Day which was Courage, and the Skill for the day was Dribbling. We had 32 campers total! It was a great start to another...

Day 5 Basketball Camp- Teamwork & Hope

We ended our very first week of Skybacher Basketball Camp today. It was such a fun and incredible week. I'm so exhausted right now from it all, but so unbelievably pleased with how everything turned out. Big ups to the all of the Coaches and Counselors this week. They...

Basketball Camp Day 4 – Defense & Integrity

Another awesome day at camp. Today we learned about "Defense" and "Integrity" which is a big word. J-Mo showed up and spit da flows as he rapped out the plan for the day. Then we put our skill and virtue to the test in some Capture the Flag. Would people have...

Basketball Camp Day 3 – Shooting and Focus!

We had lots of fun today at camp. Our skill focus was "Shooting", and our virtue was having good "Focus". J-Mo showed up again right before he went to practice with the Olympic team. We played several games of "Knockout" did a few other shooting drills and showed...

Basketball Camp Day 2 – Attitude & Passing

We had another great day at camp. We had one more camper show up today. J-Mo who is our resident motivational speaker showed up and reminded the campers our virtue of the day which was "Postive Attitude" and our skill focus which was"Passing". It looks like all of us...

Basketball Camp Day 1 – Trust & Dribbling

We just finished our first ever day of Skybacher Basektball Camp. It was so much fun, and exceeded all expectations. Things went really well, and everyone was a huge help. Praise the Lord for just a great opening day. I figure I will keep posting things about each day...