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...

Summer 2024 – So much good stuff we needed 2 Newsletters!

Hey everyone, hard to believe that the summer of 2024 has essentially come and gone. School is back in session, and so are after-school activities and sporting events. But we would be remissed, if we didn't take some time to look back reflect and give praise for all...
God Bless the Class of 2020

God Bless the Class of 2020

It was going to be epic! What a cool year to say you were graduating. 2020 the year of perfect vision! And then literally the world turned upside down. I think the thing that breaks me up the most is not getting the chance to see the graduates walk down the halls of...

Meant For Community

Meant For Community

I'll be honest I don't really like being around people, or at least I thought I didn't. See I would tell you that I'm an introvert and would rather spend an hour in isolation, than an hour talking to someone. But over the years God has changed my heart and the call he...

Party by the Pool – (Kalahari 2020)

Party by the Pool – (Kalahari 2020)

This year at Kalahari was one for the record books! First off we had over 150 rooms booked!!! That is more rooms then we have ever had. As everyone was enroute to the resort things with the coronavirus went haywire and fears of would we even be able to enjoy the...

Grateful For the God Who Provides!

Grateful For the God Who Provides!

There is a great story in 1 Kings 17 about Elijah visiting a widow and asking for bread. She says that she barely has enough oil and flour to make any bread. Elijah tells her not to worry for the jar of flour will not run out and the jug of oil will not run dry. " For...

Skybacher Ministries – Girl Group – “More Than” Girl Power

Skybacher Ministries – Girl Group – “More Than” Girl Power

Girls Group, a Bible study for Skybacher's high school freshman and sophomore girls, has been such a sweet and fun ministry for the past 4 years. Starting in the fall of 2016, the group now includes 13 girls who have committed to studying God's Word and growing closer...

February 2020 – You Gotta Love It!

February 2020 – You Gotta Love It!

We began 2020 with the Cosmic Clash Dodgeball Tourney it was a great way to kickoff a new decade! In February we don't usually host a tournament but have two big events in the Someone Special Dance and Great Big Group Date. The Someone Special Dance had to be moved...

24/8 Thoughts on the loss of Kobe

24/8 Thoughts on the loss of Kobe

I realize that life is so much bigger than sports, but to those of us involved in sports culture this is big, and this one hurts. I wasn't a Kobe fan, I didn't like his style or his personality. I've always hated the Lakers and told my kids they weren't allowed to...

State of the Empire 2020 (a little Star Wars reference!)

State of the Empire 2020 (a little Star Wars reference!)

It’s hard to believe not just another year is over, but another decade!  2019 was another great year for Skybacher Ministries with it’s own set of challenges and triumphs! We continued to host large group outreaches in the form of 5 different sports tournaments -...

Broomball Blizzard 19′ – A Moment’s Peace!

In the middle of December things were flying by, but we were able to squeeze in the second greatest show on ice, the Broomball Blizzard!. We had five solid teams slip sliding, and making their best attempt to show athletic ability on the ice. The Champions - TBA...

Volleyball and Lots of Good Stuff! Highlights & Photos

Volleyball and Lots of Good Stuff! Highlights & Photos

It's hard to believe it was 16 years ago that we sat at the Monaca Walmart selling cookies, pies, and other various baked good in order to be able to buy volleyballs for our first ever tournament. We are still hosting that tournament 16 years later. This year we had 8...

Cereal Bowl – 2019

Cereal Bowl – 2019

Another Fall brings another year of the Skybacher Ministries Cereal Bowl - This year it was a perfect fall day for football. We collected 57 boxes of cereal for the Unionville Food Pantry! There were 3 team for each age division. Ya Mum - The Quip Boys - The Antonio...

Jumping into “More Than” Basketball Camp

Jumping into “More Than” Basketball Camp

This past week we kicked off our “More Than” Sports Camps with “More Than” Basketball Camp, and with a record-breaking over 70 students in K-6th grades joining us, this was the largest attendance we’ve ever had for the first week of camp! The kids spent their week...

‘Twas the Night Before “More Than” Sports Camps

‘Twas the Night Before “More Than” Sports Camps

‘Twas the night before sports camps, when all through the town Every child was stirring, all over and around The shirts were designed and ordered with care In colors that the staff and students would love to wear; The campers were nestled all snug in their beds, While...

Raising Funds For Some “Big Time” Fun! Dinner Auction 19′

Raising Funds For Some “Big Time” Fun! Dinner Auction 19′

15 Years!!! That's what we recently celebrated at the Annual Skybacher Ministries Dinner Auction. We had a great night of dinner, followed by a "Nailed It" Unicorn Cake challenge, and then onto the fun and crazy bidding for items! And as things came to a close we had...