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...
2016 October – Unseasonably Full of Life

2016 October – Unseasonably Full of Life

We love October at Skybacher Ministries, because as the seasons change and leaves are falling we are getting started with another school year of ministry.  This will be our 13th year of...

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...