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

Rituals and Peace
Presenters: Kjerstin Mackie, Anne Vaasjo, Oceanna Hall with Worship Associate Liz Graham — Your Lay Chaplains are presenting a two-fold service. They will discuss their

Remembrance Day: Big Questions
10:30 am — Peter Scales with Worship Associate Madelaine Clarke — Remembrance Day is a time to remember those who died in wartime, and to consider the

Honouring Our Ancestors
Rev. Melora Lynngood & Co. with Worship Associate Anna Isaacs — Some people celebrate All Souls Day and the Day of the Dead around this

Better Together
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Larry Boldt – Our North American mindset frequently leads us to turn toward individualism. We go it alone all

Healing in the Hard, Hard Times
Christopher Wulff, Ministerial Intern, with Worship Associate Madelaine Clarke – “Upon the table she lay. We spoke words. We sang songs. We wrapped her and we

Compassion, Kindness, and Generosity of Spirit
Rev. Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate Oliver Belisle – The mission of our congregation is to “transform ourselves and our world through compassionate action.” Our congregations

International Healing? Seeking Hope
Rev. Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate: Doug McGinnis –– So much violence and suffering in our world, much of it due to human-made international and

The Healing Power of Us
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Anna Isaacs –– Often when we envision healing we picture an individual taking steps to get well physically or emotionally

Covenantal Relationship: Trying Again, and Again, and Again .
Rev. Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate Larry Boldt – Parenting, marriage, friendship, congregational life – our relationships of covenant call us to return to our best

Remaking Promises
Christopher Wulff with Worship Associate Oliver Belisle – Jewish philosopher Martin Buber speaks of humans as promise-making, promise-breaking, promise re-making creatures; the making of promises and commitments

Shaped by Our Promises
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Doug McGinnis – This Ingathering Sunday, when we return to a new program year in the life of our church community,

Religion as Survival Strategy
Michelle Brown with Worship Associate Anna Isaacs – Churches were language sanctuaries for Hungarians who came under Romanian authority in 1920. Even today, seminarians in Transylvania

Tao-ish: A little less Rabbit & Eeyore, a little more Pooh Bear
Rev. Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate Susan Layng – How’s your stress level? What do you do when your life feels too busy, overwhelming, or

Some Time Apart
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Dan Klimke – The summer is often a time when we do things outside of our normal routines. We
“Overcoming The Invisible Lion”…Seeking reality in a world of illusion…
Rev. Mark Lemon with Worship Associate Doug McGinnis – One of the great dilemmas facing those who seek spiritual wisdom is the perennial search for