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
Come As You Are… (Really)
Reverend Melora Lynngood – Join us for the first Sunday of a new church year! This ingathering Sunday will feature our Chalice Choir as well
Fiction: History and Theological Concepts
Norma Elrod – Many of us regard mystery and detective fiction as nothing more than escapism. Some consider such fiction to be too trivial and a
Blessing of the Animals
Reverend Melora Lynngood – Come one, come all! Come bipeds, come quadrupeds! Dogs, cats, gerbils, lizards, fish, teddy bears — all are welcome! In this
Learning How to Savour
https://victoriaunitarian.ca/wp-content/uploads/20140817-service.mp3 Reverend Shana Lynngood – In many ways, we human beings are hard-wired to appreciate and savour the everyday wonders of life. And yet, we are
Singing our Faith
Liz Graham and Isabel Jones – In this service we will focus on the hymns we love to sing and the readings that inspire us from
The Right About Being Wrong
https://victoriaunitarian.ca/wp-content/uploads/20140803-service.mp3 Samantha Magnus – Pursuing diversity, compassion, and equity in our congregations requires our willingness to be dead wrong about the world. This is a good
How Others Know Us
Marlene Goley, manager of Women’s and Family Services at the Cridge Centre for the Family in Victoria, knows more about us than you might think.
Fables From The Stacks
Charles Gee — How books have shaped a life, taught trades, built houses, wandered the byways of great minds and amused countless hours. 20/07/14
‘Mottainai’ (Waste Nothing)
https://victoriaunitarian.ca/wp-content/uploads/20140713-service.mp3 Mary-Wynne Ashford – “Waste Nothing” is the English translation of a traditional Japanese concept, “Mottainai”. It refers to the sacred nature of all the gifts
Focus on Ghana – AIDS Orphans and How We Can Help
Alexandra Stephanson –– Having parents die of AIDS in Ghana is shameful. Join Alexandra Stephanson as she describes what it is like for children who
From Stonewall to Pride
https://victoriaunitarian.ca/wp-content/uploads/20140629-service.mp3 Peter Scales – Gays and lesbians were widely feared and openly persecuted in North America until recent historical times. How did a riot outside
A Place in Your Heart
https://victoriaunitarian.ca/wp-content/uploads/20140622-service.mp3 Reverend Shana Lynngood – We conclude our focus on the second part of our mission, ‘Living with Compassion’. We have examined many facets of
How I Survived Buddhist Boot Camp
Rita Whitman – Be still. Eventually the silence will sing for you. Rita will recount her experiences at a Zen monastery. (This service is a
Life Transitions
https://victoriaunitarian.ca/wp-content/uploads/20140608-service.mp3 Reverend Melora Lynngood and Faye Mogensen – What has changed in the past year of your life? In this service, we honour a full
Articulating Your UU Faith
https://victoriaunitarian.ca/wp-content/uploads/20140601-service.mp3 Reverend Melora Lynngood and company – What do you believe? How would you describe your theology? Your core values? What do Unitarian Universalists believe? Can