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
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
The Ends of Life
Dr. Murray Enkin –An expert in issues surrounding death and dying, Murray will explore medical intervention at the end of life, quality of life as
Life’s Transitions
Reverend Shana Lynngood, Faye Mogensen, and Collaborators – Throughout our lives we are making transitions and weaving our way through changes. Whether by virtue of stage
Credo: What Do You Believe And Where Is Your Heart?
Reverend Melora Lynngood, Faye Mogensen, Church Youth – The Latin root of credo is the Celtic word ‘credu’, which literally means ‘to put one’s heart’. Join us
Living Our Mission: Growing in Spirit by Welcoming Others
Reverend Shana Lynngood – This Sunday we explore how welcoming other people into our lives is a spiritual practice. Relationships add so much to our lives,
A Pilgrim’s Quest
Ruth Welburn Join me on my journey of self-discovery, as I walk 800 kilometres along the Camino from the foothills of the French Pyrenees across
Mother’s Day and Peace Bells
Reverend Melora Lynngood – We take a look at Mothers’ Day, as it was originally conceived and proposed by Unitarian Julia Ward Howe in 1870, as
Does the Timeless Exist?
Doug Seeley – Some consider the eternal to be “endless time”, others consider it to be the timeless, even the “ever present”, an end to the