Our Mission: The Spiritual Project exists to create a welcoming and safe community for youth of all sexual orientations and gender identities to experience and share the love of God.

Our story: The idea for SPP came when a woman was searching to send her child to a camp that would respect their sexuality and foster a positive self-image. She wanted them to be proud of the person they were created to be. Her search revealed that there are very few camps with this kind of program and even fewer that were Christ-centered. In fact, there is absolutely nothing like this in the southern United States.

So, we recognized that there are are thousands of LGBTQIA (Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Question Intersex and Allied) youth right here in Texas and across the country who want a camp experience where they can join together as a community of faith. Too many have been turned away or hurt by religion, but we know that youth have many beautiful God-given gifts to share. It's time to celebrate and nurture these gifts.

We are so excited for our first retreat in the Spring of 2010!