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...

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...