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
Essential Community
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Emily Tietz – The pandemic has pushed lots of collective conversations about what is important in our lives
Try, Try Again
Rev Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate Mollie Twidale – We are human. We mess up. How good are you at accepting failure, rolling with it when
Beloved Conversations
Rev Melora Lynngood – Over past several years, in our congregation, we’ve been learning new language and new concepts that help us better understand the
Renewing our Spirits
Rev Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Lynne Bonner – On this Ingathering Sunday (which is an intergenerational service this year) when we kick-off a new
The Need for Unconditional Love
Dar Levy with Worship Associate David Vest – Unconditional Love, affection and acceptance without limitation is associated with a mother’s nurturing love and with true
How Sweet Is a Life with Purpose? Very!
Stefa Katamay with Worship Associate Samantha Magnus – Pulpit swap: Rev. Melora Lynngood preaches at Capital Unitarian Universalist Congregation and Capital UU member Stefa Katamay,
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