Finally!   
I get to be the Minister in Residence at Camp de Benneville Pines this summer – at Family Camp from July 21-27.  This is something that’s been in the works since before the pandemic, and finally(!) the timing works.
 
Camp de Benneville, which we fondly just shorten to Camp, is our UU camp in the San Bernardino Mountains. Nestled among the pines, scattered with chalice symbols everywhere, Camp is a spiritual home for so many UUs from the southwest part of the country. It is a place for our folks to connect with our faith and with each other, year after year.
 
Camp has also been struggling mightily for the last four years, what with a pandemic shut down, fires that burned right up to the edges, and debris flowing in the rains that followed the fires. This makes me all the happier to serve as the minister at one of our summer camps.
 
I hope that many UU Ventura families will join me. Camp defines family very broadly, so all are welcome. Family Camp still fills up fast, so we will be sure to let you know when registration opens. I encourage you all to consider going to camp at some point this year – maybe more than once! 

 

Upcoming camps to consider:
The Women’s Retreat on May 3-5. There is already a group planning on this one.
     The UU Men’s Fellowship on April 19-21
     June 30-July 6 – Elementary Summer Camp
     July 7-13 – Junior High Camp
     July 14-20 Senior High Camp

All are amazing ways to build our youth connection to our faith and each other. Also, our ‘Cluster Camp’ with nearby UU congregations is on September 27-29. In between all of that there are also artists camp, music camp, Thanksgiving camp, yoga camp. (To keep up with them all, you can always check the post in our online newsletter, UUCV This Week.)
 
We do have church funds that can help folks pay for camp registration, so please ask if that will help you make it. Let’s make it a great year for UU Ventura at Camp de Benneville Pines! 

 

In faith,
Rev. Dana

UUCV's Rev. Dana Worsnop smilling

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