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...

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...