Hello Friends! United Church Camps, Inc. (UCCI) is so excited to be welcoming guests back to all three sites! Moon Beach, Daycholah Center and Cedar Valley are open and have a great calendar of events planned, so check it out. 2021 gatherings will look different. The safety and health of all is our top priority. […]
Happy Easter from your friends at United Church Camps, Inc. (UCCI)! The hope and promise of the Easter Season seem magnified this year. The resurrection gives us hope and promise … the vaccines give us hope and promise … emerging from the dark days of our Covid-induced tombs give us hope and promise! At Cedar Valley, […]
Dear UCCI Family and Friends – The heart of the mission and ministry of United Church Camps, Inc. (UCCI) is love. UCCI’s operating sites at Cedar Valley, Moon Beach, and Daycholah Center strive to love all of God’s people through providing safe places to gather, practicing nurturing hospitality, and performing world class ministry – all […]
Dear UCCI Family – Talking with our incoming UCCI Board President Tom Bayer today, he mused that his seed catalog arrived today. We reflected that a seed catalog offers hope, renewal, blessings, and a glimpse into the power of the Divine … All from a seed catalog. Let this UCCI update serve as your virtual seed catalog. 😊 […]
Dear UCCI Family – The Sound of Music is one of my favorite Julie Andrews films. Andrews character Maria sings the Rodgers and Hammerstein song “My Favorite Things” to the Von Trapp children after they’re frightened by a thunderstorm in the middle of the night. This pandemic is the ultimate thunderstorm in the middle of the night! United Church Camps, Inc. […]
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 niche was acolyte! I got to don the vestments, light some fire, and occasionally ride the ropes as the ushers rang the church bells. When we missed, […]
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 are stuck in the quagmire of Covid-19. Mask or no mask? Face to face or online education? Quarantine or Open up? Questions with varying answers. […]
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 signal to summer’s end. Our family even started calling cicada the “end of the summer bug!” A quick google search finds — “Cicadas, for many, represent personal change, […]
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 using some buildings and what their future use might be. The process has resulted in one building previously used for storage of construction material to […]
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 of Acts, Chapter 2, in which a large gathering of Christ’s followers were together and suddenly a force like a strong wind or fire swept […]