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...

Next Week Xtreme Teen Week!!

Join us next week for Xtreme Teen Week, every night from 6:30 - 9:00 p.m at Unionville Church! We will have games, snacks, contest, and other Xtreme stuff, and at the end of the week we will be camping at Green Valley Park. Please join us, and bring a friend!

Wings, Suds and Spuds wins their third!!!

Last night at the Skybacher Ministries Inc. Dodgeball Blast 3 another champion was crowned. Well, actually the same champion we crowned at Blast 2. Wings, Suds, and Spuds from Freedom led by Zach Burns took home their second title of this school year and third title...

Skybacher Ministries Completes Another School Year

Yesterday Skybacher Ministries ended another school year with a third and final Dodgeball Blast Tournament. We here at Skybacher Ministries feel so blessed at all that God allowed us to experience throughout this year. We met a ton of great people and had a lot of fun...

Are you going to the Pirate Game?

Hey gang! We've got 35 tickets to the pirate game. We're just trying to get a sense of everyone that is going. If you would like to go and we haven't talked to ya send us an email!

Taste N.C. Night @ PNC Park

Wednesday May 30th we are going to PNC Park to see the Pirates vs. Padres. The cost of the trip is $6 this includes a small meal, your ticket, and the bus ride.

Last Lane 7 of the School Year

Thursday we will be having the last Lane 7 of the school year. I will order some wings and hopefully we'll have the basketball court open for one last night of "bad" basketball. Hope to see you there.

Dodgeball Blast!

Come on out to start off the new year with a Dodgeball tournament!! Games are 10 vs. 10, with 2 girls playing at all times. Teams may have up to 15 people on your roster!! This tournament is open to Jr. High through High School students, and costs $3/person. Don't...

Dodgeball Blast 09-16-2006

[Standings] Rank Team GP W L T OTL GF GA Win% Pts GB 1 The Big Dawgs 4 4 0 0 0 23 5 100.0 16 0.0 2 Worst Nightmare 4 4 0 0 0 22 6 100.0 15 0.5 3 West Side Kenny Gs 4 3 1 0 0 24 4 75.0 9 3.5 4 Flying Balls 4 2 2 0 0 12 16 50.0 5 5.5 5 Rochester Baptist 4 1 3 0 0 9 20...

The Super Boy Turns 5!

Hard to believe how quickly time goes by. Today Tyler turned 5. He wanted the new Superman suit soooooo bad! We made him wait a little bit for it but we couldn't take the disappointment on his face anymore. He hasn't take the thing off all day. It seems like we were...

Summer is going too fast!

We just got back from a wonderful time in Presque Isle. One of the best vacations that I can remember, and we needed it as our family had been wiped out for an entire month with the stomach flu. Everyone is doing fine now thankfully. The previous week I was at a camp...

It’s Been Awhile

It has been a while, but the madness still continues at our house. I just wanted to send ya out a couple pictures of the kids. Things have been going well. I am a day to day substitute teacher at Freedom Jr. High still, and we are continuing with Skybacher Ministries....

Life Goes On

Well, soccer is finally over, we gracefully, and quickly bowed out of the playoffs. It still was a lot of fun having the school's first winning season. Now I am actually moving onto 7th grade boys basketball. Our tryouts are tomorrow. I have continued to substitute...

Territory Unknown

After 9 years and 8 losing seasons the Freedom Girls Soccer team has put together a winning season, and with that they've made the playoffs!!! I can not believe it. I have coached Freedom Soccer for 9 years and we've never even come close to thinking about the...

Nae Nae is 2- Lookout People!!

Today is Nae's birthday! It's amazing how fast life goes by. Speaking of life flying by, it has been a while since I last updated this. Tyler is now 4, and Nae is 2. Julia is walking and did her first cartwheel. (just kidding on the latter), but she is crawling...