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...
Our Summer 2015 Newsletter!

Our Summer 2015 Newsletter!

A lot of people asked us this summer about ways they can help Skybacher Ministries Inc.  We realized that as we have evolved, so have the people and families that we are reaching.  So we've provide you with 11 ways that you can help Skybacher Ministries Inc.  Please...

July 2015 – Sports, Games, and Rubber Ducks

July 2015 – Sports, Games, and Rubber Ducks

July picked up where June left off with more of the Skybacher "more than" Sports Camps. We also had our Annual Kickball Classic tournament in the midst of it all and closed...

June 2015 – Sports Camps, and Raining Blessings

June 2015 – Sports Camps, and Raining Blessings

Our 8th year of the Skybacher "more than" Sports Camps got started this June!  We opened with a great basketball camp where our theme was "JUMP!"  We talked about not letting fear hold us back from jumping...

May 2015 Highlights and Photos

May 2015 Highlights and Photos

There isn't too much to report from this month.  It is a rather quiet month for us as we get ready for the Skybacher "more than" Sports Camps.  We did wrap up another year of Pray & Play.  It was an...

April Showers of Blessings – April 2015

April Showers of Blessings – April 2015

It was a busy and rainy April. As the showers rained down, so did the blessings at Skybacher Ministries Inc. This month we hosted 2 big events. On April 17th we held our 4th Annual Dinner Auction. This year's theme was The Amazing Race....

More Than Sports Camps – Help Wanted

More Than Sports Camps – Help Wanted

2015 camp volunteer application Skybacher Ministries is looking for help for it's summer "More Than" Sports Camp program.  The program runs 6 weeks and the camp day is from 8:30a - 12:30p each day. Students wishing to apply should download the application below and...

“March”ing into Spring! March 2015

“March”ing into Spring! March 2015

  March seems like it has absolutely flown by.  We've been memorizing scripture for Pray & Play, and had some really great turnouts now that the snow has...

February Fun – 2015

February Fun – 2015

We have faced bitter cold temperatures, but we've tried hard to keep things warm at Skybacher Ministries Inc.  On February 12th we had our 5th Annual Someone Special Dance.  It was amazing time of parents/grandparents and...

HangTime Basketball – Full of “Good Things”

HangTime Basketball – Full of “Good Things”

This past December we wrapped up our 6th year of the HangTime after-school basketball program.  There were 20 students in the 3-4th grade program, and 32 students in the 1-2nd grade program. This year's theme came from Psalm 103:5...

November – A Harvest of Awesomeness

November – A Harvest of Awesomeness

November was a busy month! We held 2 different tournaments, celebrated our 11th birthday, and continued our Hangtime Basketball program! Nov. 5th we hosted the...

Cereal Bowl – Hall of Champions!

Cereal Bowl – Hall of Champions!

Flag Football – Cereal Bowl – Champions!   2005 – West Side – Cody Williams 2006 – West Side – Brandon Brown 2007 – West Side - Seth Shidemantle 2008 – West Side – Jake Simpson                    8...

Skybacher Family Fun Run

Skybacher Family Fun Run

Skybacher Ministries Inc. has hosted dodgeball, kickball, corn hole, broomball, soccer, basketball, and various other tournaments and sports, but it has never hosted a race.  That changed on October 24th...