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
Our Future Beckons
Reverend Shana Lynngood – We continue our Living with Compassion Theme and kick-off our annual Generosity campaign by contemplating our future. How might we
What shape is your LQ in?
Rev. Jane Bramadat, Minister Emerita – It is something that lightens you up, deepens your spirit and encourages you to pay attention. Our Minister Emerita discusses
Living with Compassion in Community: Creating Safe Space
Rev. Melora Lynngood – At the “heeding our call” weekend in June, many noted that they appreciate the ways in which our church community feels like
Living with Compassion: The Implications of Interconnection
Rev. Melora Lynngood – Expanding upon the topic of interconnection in light of this year’s preaching theme of “living with compassion.” To complement this topic Charles
Living With Compassion: What Does it Ask of Us?
Rev. Shana Lynngood – In this introduction to the preaching theme for the year, we look at what acting compassionately entails, see how a compassionate way
Creating a culture of peace: The hidden roots of war and injustice
Dr. Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet, discusses his journey as a peace activist over the past thirty years, and make explicit some of
Animal Blessing
Reverend Melora Lynngood – Come one, come all! Come bipeds, come quadrupeds! Dogs, cats, gerbils, lizards, fish, teddy bears — all are welcome! In this service,
A Core of Silence: the Theology of Music
Reverend Fran Dearman Based on the words and music of Jim Reilly, Reverend Dearman offers a close reading of one of his hymns, A Core
Outreach Alphabet Soup
Lisa Greenly, Kellina Dyer and friends – Celebrate in songs, pictures and words the 26 ways (at least) our congregation helps in the wider community. Kick
Celebrating Diversity
The delegates and youth representatives who attended the Canadian Unitarian Council annual conference on behalf of this congregation present the highlights of what they learned in
Brokenness, Sorrow & Resilience in Loss
Read the transcript here Tom Attig – When we lose the living presence of a loved one, brokenness and sorrow come over us. Stories of
A Gift from Buddhism
Lama Janet Tara – Born Janet Goforth in 1949 in Toronto, Lama Janet Tara graduated from York University and the Toronto Montessori Institute. She taught primary
Divine Comedy
Ryan Guenther – Read the sermon transcript here. Comedy and religion are polar opposites in terms of tone, but often serve the same fundamental purpose:
The Secret Life of Poems
Denis Donnelly – Throughout human existence, the poetic tradition has flowed on with us and under us, defining and refining deeper currents that are often
When Despair for the World Grows in Me
Reverend Melora Lynngood –In the final installment of our preaching theme for the church year, “Living Our Mission: Growing Our Spirit”, we look at the