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
Ally-ship and Integrity
Rev. Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate David Vest – Whatever our own array of identities, how might we be good allies to those with marginalized identities
The Commandments of Our Lives
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Victoria Barr – This year’s sermon of your choice auction winner has invited me to reflect on the passage
Can I be honest?
Rev. Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate Morgan Reid How honest are we really? How honest do we need to be to live lives of integrity?
Not Hiring a Hitman: How Our Stories Can Save Democracy
Chet Phillips (Lead Organizer – GVAT) with Worship Associate Samantha Magnus – We live in a time when political polarization and personal isolation are increasing, and
There is Some Awe: The Joys of Poetry
Shelley Motz with Worship Associate Lynne Bonner – All month, we have explored what it means to experience awe – a transcendent experience that poets have long
Christmas Eve for All Ages
4:30 pm – Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Kressa Sisu – Join us for our annual singing of the timeless music of the season and
Waiting Can Be Sweet
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Victoria Barr – In the midst of the Christian liturgical season of advent, we will look at the gifts that
Winter Quiet Spiral Ritual
Winter Solstice – All ages (children, adults, elders, all!) gather at 4:30 pm; ritual begins at 5:15 pm for a winter solstice ceremony with Rev
Paradoxical Awe
Rev. Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate David Vest – How is it that awe – at the magic of the northern lights, at the breathtaking beauty
A Crack In Everything – Seeking Light in Darkness
Dana Seaborn with Worship Associate Shelley Motz – Here in ‘bleak midwinter’ we light a candle in the darkness. When we find ourselves in the dark
Alert for the Awe-Inspiring
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Morgan Reid – In an atmosphere that seems to shrug its shoulders and take a been-there-done-that attitude toward nearly everything, how
Gender, Equity, and Intersectionality
Rev. Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate Victoria Barr – In this service, we look at what our Unitarian Universalist – United Nation’s Office (UU-UNO) has been working on
Looking Our Future Squarely in the Eye
Philip Symons, Wally du Temple and Glenyss Turner with Worship Associate Lynne Bonner – The future holds more challenges than just a climate crisis. Many are worried
Remembrance Day: Big Questions
Peter Scales with Worship Associate Morgan Reid – Remembrance Day is a time to remember those who died in wartime, and to consider the Big
Cultivating Silence
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Kressa Sisu – One of the books I read during our summer break that has had the most impact on