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
Lightening the Load
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Steve Soule — We often think only of the challenges that come with letting go, but there are times
The Colour of Poverty
Chris Wulff, Ministerial Intern, with Worship Associate Larry Boldt – Whether we’re looking inside our borders or beyond them, race and poverty almost universally intersect. The costs
Defying Gravity with Age and Grace
Rev. Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate Dan Klimke — How to Keep Going On and Getting Up When Age is Dragging You Down – As our
Nov. 11 – Remembrance Day Service
10:30 am – Peter Scales — A time to remember those who died in wartime, and to consider the Big Questions surrounding war and peace.
Impermanence
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Oliver Belisle — As we begin our exploration of letting go we will examine the constantly changing nature of
Who Do We Think We Are?
Chris Wulff, Ministerial Intern with Worship Associate Dar Gareau-Levy In some religious traditions the power to offer blessings is reserved for ordained clergy or recognized leaders,
Living our UU Values
Youth Group & Rev. Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate Larry Boldt – This month, we look at the practice of ‘sharing what is good.’ In this
Hoarding Hotel Hand Crème
Rev. Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate Susan Layng All of us have more than some and less than others. Someone always has it worse than us;
Grateful Jazz
Rev. Shana Lynngood and the Kim Greenwood Ensemble with Worship Associate Jane Wilson – Thanksgiving weekend we have a morning edition of Spirited Jazz to explore gratitude
A Sense of Blessing
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Dan Klimke – This month we explore the notion of blessing. What is a blessing? How do we give
Encourage Us, Strengthen Us, Through Darkness and Light
Rev. Jane Bramadat, Minister Emerita with Worship Associate Susan Lange. This month’s theme ‘Invitation’ asks about how we are using our time and living our values.
RSVP to Life
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Dan Klimke – In our lives we often find ourselves feeling invited, or even pulled, by circumstances. The invitation to
Ingathering Sunday: Connect and Engage
Rev. Melora Lynngood with Worship Associate Larry Boldt. In keeping with our September theme ‘Invitation’ we begin with an invitation to connect and engage —
Unemployed Poems
Unemployed Poems Text Farrell Boyce and Braden Young with Worship Associate Liz Graham. “We live not by things, but by the meaning of things” is
Q&A with Your Ministers!
Reverends Melora and Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Lillie Lentz – Here the answers to some of your questions. Your ministers welcome all sorts of questions –