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...
August/September 2016 Report

August/September 2016 Report

We took most of August off from big events in order to get ready for the upcoming school year!  We are so excited about this upcoming school year, which is our 13th year of sports...

June/July 2016 – Summer Report

June/July 2016 – Summer Report

It was another great summer of Skybacher 'more than' Sports Camps. We once again hosted 6 camps with over 400 campers in attendance. We also had...

Soccer Camp Monday Morning Weather Watch

We typically have camp if it is raining, if there is severe weather we may cancel or postpone depending on the forecast. Please use discretion. We will post our status if there is any updates before the camp day begins. We are preparing for a regular morning of camp...

BASKETBALL CAMP IS AT UNIONVILLE CHURCH!!!

Hey everyone! Looking forward to a great week - just a reminder that camp this week is at Unionville church due to the school being closed for gym floors being resurfaced.  The address for the church is: UUMC 1297 Rte. 68 Rochester, PA  15074 See you all...

April – Showing Growth

April – Showing Growth

Another school year is winding down, and the weather is beginning to break, which is all very exciting news.  We have some exciting news to report from April as we celebrated our 5th Annual...

“March”ing to Understanding

“March”ing to Understanding

We had a great March at Pray & Play, we spent part of the month in a series called "Lord teach us to Pray"  We broke down just what the Lord's...

February 2016 – Trampolines and Dancing

February 2016 – Trampolines and Dancing

The February weather continued to be a up and down roll coaster of mild and cold weather.  The events at Skybacher Ministries were nothing but hot! Haha! Both of...

January 2016 – Get Your Glow On

January 2016 – Get Your Glow On

Another new year!  2015 was jam packed with incredible moments, and difficult challenges, and more examples of God's faithfulness.  We are excited about 2016 and...

November 2015 – Stuffed with Good Times

November 2015 – Stuffed with Good Times

It was a cold November morning, but it was the perfect morning for some football! On November 14th we hosted our 11th Annual Flag Football Cereal Bowl. Four teams...

October 2015 – Falling Into the Fun

October 2015 – Falling Into the Fun

We started off October with our annual Dodgeball Pumpkin Blast. We saw a really great turnout for both nights of the dodgeball.  Eight teams battled it out in the...

Having a “Pumpkin Blast” of a Time

Having a “Pumpkin Blast” of a Time

This past weekend we kicked off the start of another Skybacher Sports season with the Dodgeball Pumpkin Blast, and the Pumpkin Blast Jr.   What a great turnout it...

September 2015 – Off and Running

September 2015 – Off and Running

September saw the start of our 11th year of Pray & Play outreach.  It is crazy to think that some of the students that our seniors in the program now were just in kindergarten or 1st grade...

August 2015 – Upgrading for the Future

August 2015 – Upgrading for the Future

After a extremely busy summer, August was full of some down time, and getting refueled for the upcoming school year. Last week we had our annual trip to Fun Fore All in Cranberry.  What an amazing time it was as nearly 40...