John On The Move Visits the Freedom Place

John On The Move is a social media personality who visits local interesting spots and places throughout the Beaver Valley and Butler areas. Way back in 2016 I had written in my journal about a gym space that had students and kids running around it, and then in April...

Skybacher Golf Classic 26′ – Green Lights

This August it was time for our 4th Annual Skybacher Golf Classic. This year we held things once again at Black Hawk Golf Course which was in much more favorable conditions than last season. We had the most golf teams we've ever had with 25 teams present on the day....

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...

Flag Football – Final Day!

This was such a great day! Cranky D started things off with some challenges to our coaches, and defeated them all, of course. We got soaked in a water game, had fun playing a game of steal the football, and the kids did an AWESOME job in their games!! Families joined...

Flag Football Camp – Day 4

We had a great HOT day today! The virtue of the day was discipline, and the campers were challenged to find their snack using clues for a treasure hunt. The heat didn't stop them from running all over the park to find some swedish fish to add to their morning snack....

Flag Football Camp – Day 3

Today was a great day - despite it being a Wednesday, the kids were very excited in their games today. Everyone is doing a great job learning the plays, and it was awesome to see so many kids trying out different positions. Our virtue of the day today was Self Control...

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...