SWUUWCon2026

Save the Date: March 6-8, 2026 at Camp Allen, Navasota TX
Hosted by Pathways UU Church, Hurst, TX
Registration Opens in the fall of 2025.

Join the Fun and be Inspired in the Piney Woods of Camp Allen. Established in 1921 by the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, Camp Allen is a year round facility located one hour northwest of Houston near Navasota, Texas. Their 1,100 beautiful acres feature a hotel and conference center, two lakes, miles of trails, and much more. We invite you to explore and awaken your spirit in their piney woods! Space is Limited, your hotel room includes meals. Registration will open November 2025.  

Guest Speaker is Natalie Briscoe, UUA Southern Region Lead. Chaplain/song leader is Rev. Kiya Heartwood.

Natalie Aguila Briscoe received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000 where her focus was on learning and perception across the lifespan and her Master’s Degree in counseling and human development from the University of North Texas in 2002. She has amassed over a decade as a Religious Educator, serving congregations in the Southern and Pacific Western Regions. Natalie joined the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Congregational Life Staff in 2013, began serving as the Co-Lead of the Southern Region in 2018, and transitioned to the sole Lead of the Region in 2021. She is the recipient of the Norma Veridan Award for unique and outstanding service in Religious Education and the Ruth Clark Award for Excellence in Service to Unitarian Universalism. Natalie is a proud Queer Pinay woman whose ministry is to help congregations become the best institutional incarnation of Unitarian Universalism that they can be.

Kiya Heartwood is an award-winning roots-rock singer-songwriter and Unitarian Universalist minister. Rev. Kiya is the minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Brazos Valley in Bryan, TX.

The UK's Broadway Baby describes Kiya Heartwood (Radio Cafe, Stealin Horses, Wishing Chair) as "an award-winning American singer-songwriter who writes smart, funny and poignant songs." Kiya's music "serves up a lively batch of original songs that follow on to two of the oldest traditions of folk music: storytelling and political broadside." Get Kiya's music in her online Store. Kiya's Badlands project is scheduled for Summer 2025. Watch for Tour Dates.

Kiya makes her happy home in Bryan, TX. with her wife, the Rev. Meg Barnhouse. Kiya is also the director of the Love and Joy Choir.

Kiya’s Video page. Kiya on Facebook and Bluesky.

SWUUWCon2027

Will be hosted by Horizon UU Church of Carrollton TX
Dates and exact Location TBD

SWUUWCon2028

Will be hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Lafayette LA
Dates and exact Location TBD