Pride Camp 2025 is Coming!
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.
Our Philosophy
We are big believers in embodied learning– an approach which recognizes that knowledge isn’t just stored in the brain but is also formed through our interactions with the world and our bodies. Our programs and activities emphasize the role of physical movement, interaction with the environment, and sensory experiences in learning and fostering wonder.
We believe that a UU church community is an important space for intergenerational connections. This is a place where children and youth can feel seen, safe, and cared about as they grow. It is also a place where children & youth learn (by doing) that they are an essential part of community, and can help to create beauty, wonder and justice in the world.
Monthly Themes
Our activities change with the seasons. We incorporate monthly themes into our hands-on activities – themes like Trust, Inclusion, and Joy.
Pride Camp
For one week in early summer, the children and youth take over the UU buildings and grounds. We cook together, play games, make lots of art, explore nature, and get ready for our grand finale in the Victoria Pride Parade that same weekend. Along the way, we create art and have discussions that honour our authentic selves. Unitarian Universalism values individuality and solidarity, and there is plenty of both at this inclusive and joyful camp. The 2025 camp dates are June 30 to July 3 (not including the July 1 Stat holiday), and the Victoria Pride parade is July 6 (optional for families).
Wassailing
Ancestor's Shrine
Singing & Music
Messy Church
World Religions
Youth Leadership
Past Activities
Exploring the World: A Way Home
Pablo Gándara Vázquez with Worship Associate Casey Stainsby – When the connection between culture and identity is so strong, what can learning about others teach us
A Time for Stillness
David Tietz, David Vest and Lynne Bonner, Worship Associates – This month we have been exploring “Stillness.” Solstice and Christmas are behind us and we look
Christmas Eve
Rev. Shana Lynngood and Arran Liddel with Worship Associate Emily Tietz – Join us for a virtual Christmas Eve service for all ages. Donate
Winter Solstice: Honouring the Dark
Rev. Melora Lynngood and Arran Liddel with Worship Associate Emily Tietz – An evening service on the longest night of the year. We invite you to
The Advent of a Changed World
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate David Tietz – The Christian liturgical season of Advent invites us to be intentional and deliberate in preparation for
Simplify Simplicity
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Casey Stainsby – For many years now I have found the idea of simplicity alluring but impossible. The bumper
Comfort Me
Rev. Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate Lynne Bonner – As the days get shorter and shorter, as the dreary weather settles in, as the pandemic stretches
Climate Justice
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate David Vest – This year’s Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office service focuses on climate justice. In the midst of
Sustaining Our Light
Hosted by the Canadian Unitarian Council, part of the National Fall Gathering weekend for Unitarian Universalists. The service focuses on “Sustaining Our Light” during these
Remembrance Day
Peter Scales with Worship Associate Fran Pardee – Remembrance Day is a time to remember those who died in wartime, to consider why humans go to war,
Living with Loss and Grief
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Victoria Barr – The Covid pandemic has brought grief and loss to the surface for all of us, both collectively
Gifts from Our Ancestors
Rev. Melora Lynngood and Arran Liddel, Director of Spiritual Exploration and Learning for Children and Youth with Worship Associate David Vest – We have relationships with
Two Ears, One Mouth
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate David Tietz – As we finish our month of exploring deep listening, we look at how important it can
Listening as Spiritual Practice
Rev Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate Fran Pardee – How can the practice of listening help us to grow spiritually? If ‘spirituality’ is a felt
Listening with Our Whole Bodies
Arran Liddel & Guest Musicians Holly Arntzen (of The Wilds) and Tom Arntzen with Worship Associate Casey Stainsby – Give thanks with a vespers-style service