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...

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...

Skybacher Ministries Inc. Celebrates Anniversary

On July 27th, 2005 Skybacher Ministries celebrated it's first anniversary. That was the day that the ministry became incorporated. It also happens to be the day Kristie and I celebrate our anniversary. We have now been married 9 years!!! Wow that is hard to believe....

It’s Too Hot!!

We just recently sent out our newest newsletter. Most of you should be getting that, so if you're not and you would like to please let us know. Things are going well we're just trying to stay cool like everyone else. We've been working hard on things for the ministry....

Outta Control in the Outer Banks

We just got back from the Outer Banks North Carolina with Kristie's family. We had 10 adults and 10 kids under 5. Things could've been really crazy, and they were but we all survived it. It was just nice to get away for a little bit. I've just spent this past week...

School’s Out and Kristie’s 31!!

Just finished up my last day of school today. So unbelievably weird that I ended up most of the year teaching at Freedom Jr. High. God truly works in mysterious ways. It gave me a great opportunity to build relationships with kids right here in the backyard. Skybacher...

Just a Few More Days

It's been forever since I've updated this! I'm closing out the school year at Freedom Jr. High, and then will be looking for summer work. It's amazing how God has allowed me to be in the public schools nearly everyday since November. I can tell you it's no accident....

Healing Up

Well it looks like everyone is finally healing up. Julia made it back home out of the hospital only to find her brother and sister throwing up and running fevers. Then she herself got the stomach flu, but she continues to be a trooper! This past Saturday we had a...

Julia Grace Back in the Hospital

Hey gang just wanted to get the word out because a lot of people have been calling and wondering how the baby is doing, and we haven't responded to many of them. The reason we haven't gotten back to many of you is that Julia had to go back into the hospital on Monday....

It’s A Girl!!! Julia Grace

We added another one to family yesterday around noon. Julia Grace was born weighing 9 lbs 4 oz and was 21.5 in long! Kristie was amazing, and Julia is beautiful! Her brother and sister have already begun to fight over who is gonna get to hold her, but they were very...

Truly Madness

This truly is MADNESS! We are just a few days away from having our third child!! How awesome and exciting is that? A bit stressful too, but we can't wait to meet the new one. Tuesday is the day they are supposed to induce Kristie. I imagine not long after that she'll...

It’s A Blast!!

Well, we had our Dodgeball Blast tournament on the 15th of January, and it was awesome!! The students that came out had a blast (literally). We had nearly 100 kids come out for the event, with 3 of the teams made up of kids not connected to any particular church, but...

A New Year

Hope everyone had an awesome Christmas and New Year. Ours was a lot of fun, but it went way too fast. We had a great turn out at the Broomball Tournament on the 17th. Six teams battled it out in the wee hours of the night, with Oak Hill Alliance taking the crown. It...