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
Ties that Bind
Rev. Melora Lynngood – How far do we have to go to care for our kin? Many among us know the often difficult journey of the
Homecoming Sunday—Kin-dom Come
Rev. Shana Lynngood – We kick off a new program year at the church with the theme of kinship. What would our world look like if
Songs, Hymns and Wisdom
Liz Graham – Liz will orchestrate our annual trip through “Singing the Living Tradition” (our grey hymnal). Based on suggestions from members of our congregation, she
Q&A with Your Ministers!
Reverends Shana and Melora Lynngood – What do you wish you could ask the ministers? “What do you mean by ‘spiritual?’” “Is Unitarian Universalism a Christian
Intergenerational Blessing of the Animals
Rev. Melora Lynngood – Come one, come all! Come bipeds, come quadrupeds! Dogs, cats, gerbils, lizards, fish, teddy bears — all are welcome! In this service,
Living Whole
Rev. Shana Lynngood – Someone recently told me that after reading the work of poet David Whyte they were convinced that rather than seeking balance in
Mystery of the Megaliths
Ruth Welburn – In 2012, Ruth Welburn embarked on a 7-week journey of self-discovery in Europe. The trip culminated in a visit to the Carnac Stones
The Hidden Multiverse
Doug Seeley – Scientists are discovering many planets circling other stars in our galaxy. Many seem very strange, and a few suggest the possibility of Earth-like planets.
Weaving Faith and Passion
Lisa Greenly – There is much joy in having one’s passion be an open-hearted action that can bring all our principles alive. Lisa Greenly will share how
The Way of the Mystic
Rosemary Morrison – Drawing on our first source – direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a
A Home for Humanists
Peter Scales – Humanism is among the largest spiritual identity groups within Unitarian-Universalism. Is our congregation a home for humanists? (Biographical Note: Peter is a long-time
Pride Service: We Are Family
10:00 a.m. Dar Gareau-Levy, Penelope Hagan, Scott Sollazzo and the musical gifts of Jedora – In a world where those who are different are still bullied, still
Play, Sabbath and Sabbatical
Reverend Fran Dearman, AIM (Accredited Interim Minister) – The themes of Play, Sabbath and Sabbatical are close to the heart–the place where work and love, reverence
The Meaning of Masculinity
Reverend Shana Lynngood – This Father’s Day we will explore the gender role assigned to men in 2015. How is it helpful? How is it limiting?
Mental Health, Atheism, and the Religious/Spiritual
Dr. John Pullyblank – This homily will look at thinking and findings about the relative virtues of a theism, or a more “religious” belief system,