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
Gandhi: “Desireless Action”
Non-Attachment for Non-Buddhists with Pat Wictor, Dick Jackson and Cathy Baker, and Worship Associate Madelaine Clarke – Being ready to accept all the possible outcomes of
Possibilities for U (and U)
Rev. Melora Lynngood and Worship Associate Oliver Belisle – It’s been true for a while now. Many mainstream progressive Protestant religions are losing members. Unitarian
Open and Willing
Rev. Shana Lynngood and Worship Associate Doug McGinnis – Part of exploring possibility has to do with how much we think the possible is possible.
What We’ve Done, Where We’re Going
Sonya Ignatieff, Susan Layng and Philip Symons, with Worship Associate Samantha Magnus, explore where we are headed as a member organization of GVAT (Greater Victoria
The Selfish Act of Giving
Charity and volunteering are almost always framed as altruistic actions, with all the focus on how someone else will benefit from our good deed. Ryan
Christmas Eve Family Service — Familiar and Mysterious
Service at 4:30 pm for all ages with Rev. Shana Lynngood and Worship Associate Madelaine Clarke — The Christmas story is so familiar that we have
Experiencing the Mystery
Experience a sense of mystery in this service built of music, poetry, chanting, and meditation with Rev. Melora Lynngood and Worship Associate Shelley Motz . Donate
Winter Solstice: Winter Quiet Spiral Ritual
Gather in Lion Hall at 4 pm for pizza and join Arran Liddel, Director of SEL-CY, Rev. Melora Lynngood and Worship Associate Oliver Belisle for simple craft
At Home in the Unknown
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Kressa Sisu — There is so much in life that is unknown and unknowable. How do we make peace
Mystery Averse
Rev. Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate Doug McGinnis — Does the unknown make you wary or uncomfortable? Would you rather know than not know? Unitarian
Poverty: Three Voices
Don Vipond, Kym Hines, Dar Levy with Worship Associate Shelley Motz — Join the Social Responsibility Coalition as they share three different perspectives on the
The Landscapes of Our Lives
Maureen Gruben, Artist in Residence, and Reverend Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Samantha Magus — Inspired by some of the artwork of Maureen Gruben and
Insights of Memory
Reverend Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate Lynne Bonner — What is your earliest memory? What memories do you most cherish? We often talk about the spiritual
Remembrance Day
Reverend Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Samantha Magus — In this solemn and contemplative service we offer our sincere gratitude to all who have served in
When ‘Doing Good’ Doesn’t
Reverend Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate Morgan Reid — As Unitarian Universalists we want to help heal what is broken in our world – locally