20 Year Celebration and Dinner Auction

It had been since 2019 that we had done a live auction in person. Like many things when the pandemic hit, we thought we might never have things return to what we knew. After several years of an online auction to raise funds for our summer camp program, we had...

Oh What a Night! – Great Big Group Date 24′

Oh What a night it was for our annual Great Big Group Date! Every year we try to plan a big group outing around Valentine's Day. This year we had to adapt to keep the prices low as the cost of everything seems to have gone up. We had dinner at Mcdonald's - maybe a...

20th Year Celebration and Dinner Auction – Tickets!

This March 2nd we are bringing back our in-person Dinner Auction and Celebrating 20 years of Skybacher Ministries - sports and youth ministry. We are hoping to get 20 tables of people to join us in the celebration and auction! You can get your tickets by clicking the...

Keep Going! – Newsletter Winter 2024

Check out and read our newest newsletter!?Celebrating year number 20 of sports and youth ministry!

New Year, A New Thing, Same God – Laser Tag Party

We were trying to think of a way to kick of the new year.??And we decided what a better way to get things started in 2024 then a little laser tag.?At Laser Storm, 22 of us ducked and dodged lasers throughout 3 games on the night.?At the break we had a message and...

Celebrating 20 years of Good Stuff – Turkey & Good Stuff 23′

Hard to believe that 20 years ago we were gathering baked goods from family and friends to start a spring up sports ministry, but that's exactly what we were doing in the beginning of November 2004. We eventually made enough money to purchase volleyballs, and had a...
December 2017 – Servant or Skeptic?

December 2017 – Servant or Skeptic?

I was reading through the Christmas story and was thinking about how much I would have been like Zechariah and less like Mary.  See Zechariah was told that he would be given a son John the Baptist, and he...

October 2017 Highlights- Having a Ball!

October 2017 Highlights- Having a Ball!

Well we rolled into October for our Annual Dodgeball Pumpkin Blast. Five teams battled it out on Saturday Night and it was Sold Out who would take home the title.  Students were challenged with a message about the epic showdown for their hearts.  On Sunday we followed...

September 2017 Report

September 2017 Report

We just kicked off our 14th year of school calendar ministry!!! We are already off and running on another year of Pray & Play our sports & play Sunday night outreach!  With everything that is going on in the world...

August Report – Rubber Ducks & Fun Fore All

August Report – Rubber Ducks & Fun Fore All

The end of summer also means the beginning of a new school year, and another year of ministry.  This will be our 14th!! After our "More Than" Sports camp program ended we held our Annual Rubber Duck Derby Fundraiser.  Of course it rained heavily the night before New...

Another Year of Pray & Play in the Books!

Another Year of Pray & Play in the Books!

It was another great year of our weekly sports outreach Pray & Play.  We held 28 weeks of Pray & Play at Unionville Unite Methodist Church.  We had an attendance of 461 young people throughout the school year, as we played...

Your 2016-2017 Skybacher Tournament Champions!

Your 2016-2017 Skybacher Tournament Champions!

That's a wrap on the 2016-2017 Skybacher Ministries tournaments season! We held all eight of our annual tournaments this year. Kickball Classic kicked the year off with in the dry and hot dust bowl of Green Valley. Then the fall featured the all-powerful pumpkin...

Be Still and Know – April 2017

Be Still and Know – April 2017

"Be still and know that I am God!" - Psalm 46:10 At the halftime of our last tournament of the year, Dodgeball Showdown, John challenged our students with this verse. Could they be...

March Full of Madness – March 2017

March Full of Madness – March 2017

Another crazy March is in the books! First on our calendar was Kalahari, an annual Skybacher winter tradition, and it was a huge success. Friends of the ministry booked 80 rooms and took the trip to the indoor waterpark March 16-17. That was double the number of rooms...

Building the Dream – Annual Dinner Auction

Building the Dream – Annual Dinner Auction

Building the Dream Annual Dinner Auction Friday, April 21st 6:30 - 9:00p Unionville United Methodist Church 1297 Rt. 68, Rochester, PA 15074 It's time once again for a great night of fun, entertainment, and adult fellowship. Come enjoy a nice dinner while being...

Registration Open for 2017 “More Than” Sports Camps!

Registration Open for 2017 “More Than” Sports Camps!

Online registration for the 2017 "More Than" Sports Camps is now open! 2017 "More Than" Sports Camps Schedule J-Mo's Basketball Camp 1 | June 12-15 | Freedom Middle School Mobacca's Soccer Camp 1 | June 19-23 | Green Valley Park Cranky D's Flag Football Camp | June...