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
Practices that Sustain Us: Prayer and Meditation
Reverend Melora Lynngood – Whether you are a Theist, an Agnostic, or a Humanist, how do you take time out of the hustle and bustle of
Practices That Sustain Us: Movement
Reverend Shana Lynngood – As we begin our exploration of spiritual practices, we begin by reflecting on meaningful movement. Many religious traditions have postures and movements
Young Adult Issues: Different Like Me
Anna Isaacs – Being different from others is something we all have in common. It can make us feel valued or isolated, truly whole or
Christmas Eve
Reverends Lynngoods – Come, celebrate the holiday season by reflecting on the Christian story of Jesus’ birth and the ways in which we can hear
Present to Life
Reverend Shana Lynngood – Often our lives are so full that we spend a great deal of time not paying attention to the moment we
Winter Solstice Service
Our annual winter celebration of the longest night of the year. We join together in hope and yearning for the coming light.
Intergenerational Holiday Pageant Our Annual Winter Pageant
Reverend Shana Lynngood, Faye Mogensen, Amalia Schelhorn, Phil Hallman, Nancy Dobbs and children and the youth — How do we keep the holidays meaningful and
Living Our Mission: Growing in Spirit
Reverend Melora Lynngood – On this first Sunday back from parental leave, Rev. Melora introduces the co-ministers’ preaching theme for the year (through June, 2013),
Faith and Hope for a Better World
Bruce Knotts explores our Unitarian faith and how it guides and motivates his work at the United Nations. He discusses the recent merger of the
Choice in Dying – It’s a Matter of Justice!
Wanda Morris – In May, 1993, the member congregations of the Canadian Unitarian Council adopted a resolution supporting choice in dying. Almost twenty years later
Letters from the Front
A lay-led Service of Remembrance – Together, we will share some traditional Remembrance Day observances enhanced by music from the Pick Up Sticks and Chalice
Cracked! How the Lights Gets In
Debra Thorne is the Minister Serving Beacon United Church. “We spend our lives growing in strength, resilience and independence believing that this is the very
The Burning Bush: Take the shoes off your feet for you are standing on holy ground.
Rev. Fred Cappuccino – An annual visitor, Rev. Cappuccino is best known as a founder, with his wife Bonnie, of Child HavenInternational, which serves children
Mind, Body, and Spirit
Rev. Stephen Atkinson – Minister, North Shore Unitarian Church – A long and fascinating conversation has taken place for centuries about the nature of spirit,
The Hand/Heart Connection
Reverend Shana Lynngood – We are often invited to reflect on the connection between our heads (thinking, intellectual selves) and our hearts (emotional, relational selves).