Activities
Summer Camps at UUCoV:
June 30-July 4th 2025 (no camp on July 1 stat)
Camp for Youth:
Uniquely U: a radical inclusion camp
Camp for 5-10 years
Wonder Camp
Camps runs 9 am to 4 pm each day and is held on the beautiful Unitarian Universalist building and grounds on traditional WSAANEC territory.
Our camp divides into two groups: WONDER CAMP for youngers (5 to approx 10 years) and UNIQUELY U camp for young youth 10 to 16 years. Final grouping will be decided by camp directors depending on the # and age composition of who enrolls (and also by interest; we welcome your requests). We ask that all campers be of school age.
Cooking and eating lunch together will be a wonderful and special part of the camp experience. We also ask that you send a hearty snack with your child each day.
*** We will do our best to create lunches that everyone enjoys, and will also ask that campers be willing to try new foods. If your child/youth is particular in what they like to eat, please be prepared to send lunches from home as needed.
Each year our UU community participates in the Victoria Pride Parade, which happens this year on Sunday July 6. We warmly invite your family to join the fun! Please know that while UU parade leaders will be there to support, we cannot be officially responsible for your child at the parade– they must attend with a guardian who is ultimately responsible for their comfort and safety.
Camp fees are on a sliding scale basis of $100 – $200 for the week.
Past Activities
Living as a Work of Art
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Lynne Bonner – Museums are some of Shana’s favourite places on the planet. She says she can spend hours
Gandhi and Child Haven
Rev. Melora Lynngood and Katie McNiven Gladman with Worship Associate David Vest – Child Haven International Homes are inspired by the ideals and philosophy of
Freedom to Change Your Story
Ollie Belisle with Worship Associate Kressa Sisu – Everyone has a story. Our personal narrative impacts every aspect of our lives and creates our future.
Confessions of a (Recovering) People Pleaser
Samantha Magnus with Worship Associate David Vest – Fears drive our behaviour more than we like to think. Samantha uses the Enneagram framework to outline how
Lay Chaplains: A Time of Transition
Lay Chaplains led by Liz Graham with Worship Associate Kressa Sisu– The work of our lay chaplains is to help folks with the transitions in
Embracing Mystery – A UU Mystic’s Story
llara Stefaniuk-Gaudet with Worship Associate Lynne Bonner – Westwood Unitarian Congregation’s Director of Religious Education IIara Stefaniuk-Gaudet relives their close encounters with death. Lifelong kidney
Fresh Eyes
Fay Mogensen with Worship Associate Samantha Magnus – This past winter, Faye Mogensen says she didn’t know what to expect when she and her husband
From Fear to Engagement in Racial Justice
Rev. Patricia Trudeau with Worship Associate David Vest – There is trouble in the world and we don’t know what to do to dismantle racism.
Proud of Who We Are
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Lynne Bonner – This Pride Sunday we explore what pride looks like for all of us, both those in
Service of Transition for All Ages
Rev. Melora Lynngood and Arran Liddel, Director of Spiritual Exploration and Learning for Children and Youth, with Worship Associate Kressa Sisu – What has this past
The Lotus – My Life in Two Cultures
Gitanjali John Iyam with Worship Associate Victoria Barr – The symbol of the lotus is found all over India in art, fashion, architecture, religion and
Embracing Self and Others
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate David Vest – As we begin our exploration of compassion, we look to the link between our compassion for
Liminal Spaces
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Lynne Bonner – The notion of a liminal space, an area that is on both sides of a threshold,
Be Calm, be Kind, be Safe (multigenerational service)
Arran Liddel with Worship Associate Victoria Barr – In these times of COVID-19, thresholds help us all be calm, kind and safe. Where are
Progressive Christianity
Rev. Lyndon Sayers with Worship Associate David Vest – Christians are so often stereotyped as being socially conservative fundamentalists that we spend little time saying