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...
Falling Into the Fun! – October 2014

Falling Into the Fun! – October 2014

We couldn't wait for October, because that was the month that we would kick off our 11th school year of ministry.  We had a great month of Pray & Play, discussing how we could live as Anomalies, (different from the norm). On October 18th we had our first...

October 2014 – A Harvest of Events

October 2014 – A Harvest of Events

The school year is off and running, and so too is our tournament and Pray & Play season!  This fall we have events for everyone! On October 18th - It's the Dodgeball Pumpkin Blast - 6:30p at Unionville Life Center -...

Kicking off another school year!

Kicking off another school year!

Skybacher Ministries is beginning it's 11th year of sports ministry! Wow! We can't believe it either!  We've already had 2 weeks of Pray & Play - catching up on giving praise for our summer, and sharing our prayers for the upcoming school year. If you've never...

Skybacher Summer Report!

Skybacher Summer Report!

It was another amazing summer at Skybacher Ministries!  We can't believe it's almost over, but that only means we are gearing up for another school year of Dodgeball Tournaments, Pray & Play Outreach and After School...

A True Kickball Classic

In the midst of 5 weeks of Sports Camps we somehow managed to squeeze in the Kickball Classic.  For the past 3 years we have joined up with students from the St. Elisabeth Parish of Philadelphia.  This year they brought nearly 40 students who joined up with other...

Another Great Summer of Sports Camps in the Books

312 campers 31 amazing staff and volunteers 1,780 popsicles 5 incredible weeks of sports, Jesus, and fun! 11 counselor games Too many smiles and laughs to count An abundance of blessings and changed lives! Cheeseballs, slip-n-slides, donuts, daily skits, team...

LOOKS LIKE MUDDY FOOTBALL WEATHER TO US!!!!

Flag Football camp is still on for today - normal time!  Looks like it will be muddy so wear old clothes and maybe bring a towel to sit on when you have to get back in your parent's vehicle - see you at 9!!!!

10 Years of Good Sports, Good Times, Good News!

10 Years of Good Sports, Good Times, Good News!

It's really hard to believe but we just wrapped up our 10th school year of sports ministry.  We started all the way back in November 2004 with a the Turkey and Good Stuff Volleyball Tournament, followed by Broomball in December, and Dodgeball and January.  We were off...

10 Reasons Why Dinner Auction

We just held our 4th Annual Dinner Auction.  This year's theme was 10 reasons why!  As usual there was lots of great food and this year we had a table magician entertain everyone while they were waiting to eat.  After dinner our director briefly shared the 10 Reasons...

Another “GREAT” Big Group Date!

Last night we ventured out into another February Great Big Group Date - 29 people took the slopes of one our all-time favorites Wildwood Highlands Snow Tubing.  The track was extremely icy and the tubes were flying down the hill!  There were some competitive races...

2014 Summer Sports Camps – On the Way!

We just finalized the dates for our 2014 Summer Sports Camp season!  So now it's time for you to mark your calendar! We can't wait to bring you more fun, faith, and fundamentals! We've got more crazy characters like; Professor J, Mobacca, and Papa G, ready to help...

Arctic Blast 2014 Highlights

Arctic Blast 2014 Highlights

This has been one of the coldest winters in recent memory.  That didn't stop us from hosting the 10th Annual Arctic Blast.  On Saturday 6 teams battled it out for the Arctic Blast Title and 2 large pizzas! The final saw the Undefeated Shocker Kings face off against...

HangTime 2013 – Helps Kids Take Flight!

Skybacher Ministries moved it's after school HangTime Basketball Program to the months of November/December this year!  Which means we actually hosted two HangTime programs within 1 calendar year. I am...

Arctic Blast 2014 Blowing In

Well the weather outside is frightful! Tomorrow the high is supposed to be zero degrees! That's what we call an Arctic Blast! Which reminds me that on January 18th and 19th The 10th Annual Skybacher Dodgeball Arctic Blast is about to go down! Here is the list of past...