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
Five Jagged Rocks
Guest Speaker: Paloma, with Worship Associate Samantha Magnus — We have principles and sources, but what do we believe? UUs don’t just believe whatever they want.
Spiritual Roots: The Beliefs that Brought Us Here
Oliver Belisle, Dan Klimke, and Guests — We Unitarian Universalists are radically welcoming, inviting people from all walks of life into our midst. For this reason,
Love Chooses You
Dale Rasmussen with Worship Associate Anna Isaacs — A celebration of Pride through song. Dale Rasmussen is a respected pianist, singer, guitarist and mandolin player.
Is Joy Too High a Bar? Alternatives for the Rest of Us
Rev. Melora Lynngood with worship associate Shelley Motz — This month’s theme is Joy. Some might respond: “Joy?!… that’s way out of reach for me,
Social Justice in Song and Story
Social Responsibility Coalition with worship associate Anna Isaacs – The congregation will be invited to sing several of our hymns concerning social justice, prefaced by
Intergenerational Service of Transition
Arran Liddel, Director of Spiritual Exploration for Children and Youth, and Rev. Melora Lynngood with worship associate Larry Boldt — What has this past year
I Believe
Rev. Shana Lynngood, Coming of Age Youth and Chris Wulff, Ministerial Intern, with worship associate Madelaine Clarke — Our youth share their statements of values
Radical Acceptance and the Stigma of Difference
Dar Gareau-Levy with Anna Isaacs, Worship Associate — Unitarian Universalism has always been a welcoming faith. We spread the word that diversity is more than welcome
Seeking balance
Shelley Motz with Dan Klimke, Worship Associate — An encounter with vertigo, an encounter with myself. Disease can be a powerful force for transformation. At the
Beyond Gender Limitations
Rev. Shana and Chris Wulff with Oliver Belisle, Worship Associate — This Mother’s Day we explore the part that gender identity, expression and roles have played
Embodied Be-ing
Rev. Melora Lynngood with Samantha Magnus, Worship Associate — In this service, we kick off our theme for May, “Embodiment: the practice of physical be-ing.” Especially
A Meandering Path
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Dan Klimke Sometimes change and transformation in our lives takes a circuitous route. It is seldom a direct path between
Earth Day: Hope and Action
Rev. Melora Lynngood and Friends — with Worship Associate Anna Isaacs — Our 7th Unitarian Universalist Principle calls us to care for “the interdependent web
Space for Change
Rev. Shana Lynngood — with Worship Associate Dan Klimke — We will have special music from our Chalice Choir this morning under the guest conductor,
The Hero’s Journey
Oliver Belisle with Coming of Age Group with Worship Associate Samantha Magnus — Throughout history, people from all walks of life have been mesmerized by