Rocky coastline with waves crashing against rocks, under a vivid orange and red sunset sky.

Blue Theology Week

Learn about Blue Theology Week

Become a Blue Theologian! 

Bring your youth group, intergenerational group or adult group to the beautiful Monterey Bay and learn to be Blue Theologians (Caretakers of God’s great creation)

There are 5 weeks in the summer of 2025 when we will host groups, beginning in late May through late July. Each week begins on a Wednesday and ends on Sunday. Your destination: Christian Church of Pacific Grove.

You can bring up to 15 people (including chaperones-our suggestion is one adult for every 5 youth).

Your group can be primarily middle school students, or high school students. Or you could bring a group of mixed ages allowing kids, parents and grandparents to learn together. Or, a group of all adults is welcome as well! 

We’ll provide a dorm room with beds and air mattresses, a kitchen to prepare your food, an incredible curriculum to help you learn about ocean life and how to care for God’s family in the sea, opportunities to meditate on the ocean’s edge, clean beaches, count crabs, explore tidal pools, kayak with otters, hang out in a world renowned aquarium, become poets and advocates and SO MUCH MORE!

This is a life changing experience for your faith community. We will provide details on the 2025 program later this year, and the process to enroll your group.

Sample Schedule

Day 1

Arrival

Settling in and unpacking

Orientation to Program

Freetime and Walk to Lover’s Point

Icebreakers

6pm – Dinner by CCPG Congregation

9pm – Worship and Reflection

A group of people walks on a dirt path through a grassy landscape, some using binoculars to look at the sky. It's a sunny day with scattered clouds.

Day 2

9am – Pancake Breakfast by CCPG

10am – Pilgrimage to the Aquarium

Lunch enroute

3pm – Free time

6pm – Dinner

7:30pm – Blue Theology Banner Workshop

9pm – Worship and Reflection

Silhouettes of people stand in front of a large aquarium tank, observing sea creatures like a turtle and various fish swimming in the water.

Day 3

9am – Breakfast

10am – Labyrinth Walk

12pm – Lunch at Carmel Beach

2pm – About Plastics & San Carlos Beach Cleanup

4pm – Free time

6pm – Dinner

7pm – Writing Workshop

9pm – Worship and Reflection

A group of people stand at the shoreline facing the ocean with a pier in the distance under a clear blue sky.

Day 4

9am – Breakfast

10am – Asilomar Beach Greenhouse (Service Project)

12pm – Lunch at Beach

1pm – LIMPETS (Sandcrab Data Collection)

3pm – Freetime – Optional Beach Volleyball

5pm – Beach Vespers

6pm – Dinner

9pm – Worship and Reflection

People examining plants under a mesh canopy in a greenhouse setting.

Day 5

9am – Outdoor Group Mediation

10am – Coastal Stroll and PG History

11am – Worship CCPG

12pm – Fellowship Lunch by CCPG

Optional Whale Watching Cruise**

Or Time at Elkhorn Slough Hiking or Kayaking**

A rocky shoreline at sunset with a stone wall in the foreground and cloudy skies above.

Day 6 (Optional)

Breakfast

Pack Up and Clean Up

Closing Circle and Goodbye

*Suggested activities

**Cost not included in program

**Other optional activities: time in Santa Cruz and Beach Boardwalk

Coastal landscape at sunset with purple and yellow wildflowers in the foreground, rocks, sea waves, and dark clouds in the distance.