Dear UCCI Family – Growing up, Sunday church was an expected ritual in the Svetnicka household. An organist-playing Mother, Lay-preaching Father, youth-groupie big Sister, and choir-singing younger Sister ensured our presence. My…

Dear UCCI Family – Labor Day serves as the unofficial end to summer.  The last hurrah “Up North” and then it’s back to school.  Unless it’s 2020.  This year we…

Greetings All! Every year at Family Camp … typically towards the end of the week … a cicada buzzed. The sound was a bittersweet reminder of the end of vacation and…

This summer at Daycholah Center the staff that is normally counseling campers are spending their time deep cleaning absolutely everything and helping the year-round staff re-envision how we have been…

On May 31st the Christian Church celebrated Pentecost.  Pentecost is a celebration in the church occurring 49 days after Easter Sunday.  This celebration references the Biblical scripture from the book…

Dear UCCI Family, By now most of you know that I grew up going to camp. I’m an Eagle Scout that camped every summer and several weekends. My father served the United…

A couple of years ago, I learned fairly quickly as Managing Director, that my primary responsibility was to ensure the safety and well-being of the Daycholah Center community.  At times…

Here at Daycholah Center, the earth is spinning continuously at almost 800 miles per hour, we are also rotating around the sun at about 67,000 miles per hour.  (If you…

Dear UCCI Family –  Mother’s Day comes on the heels of Easter. That is no coincidence. By remembering all of the important women in our lives...the ones that birthed us, those who…

Many people are experiencing more vivid, frequent, and stranger dreams during the corvid-19 pandemic.  Or at least more people are waking up remembering their dreams.  An internet search quickly reveals…