BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20250305T160000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Detroit EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Detroit EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Detroit EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Detroit EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20281105T010000 RDATE:20290311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Detroit EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20291104T010000 RDATE:20300310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Detroit EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/Detroit EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/Detroit EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/Detroit EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20280312T030000 RDATE:20281105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/Detroit EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20290311T030000 RDATE:20291104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/Detroit EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ef3baa44e80097d3f56a34aae023e410 CATEGORIES:In-Person, SouthWest, BOOKSTORE CREATED:20250522T140821 SUMMARY:SWUUWCon 2026 LOCATION:Camp Allen\, Navasota TX DESCRIPTION:Camp Allen, Navasota TX\nHosted by Pathways UU Church (https://pathwaysuu.o rg/), Hurst, TX Register now! https://swuuw.org/register/ (https://swuuw.or g/register/) \n Join the Fun and be Inspired in the Piney Woods of Camp All en. Established in 1921 by the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, Camp Allen is a year round facility located one hour northwest of Houston near Navasota, Te xas. 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 includ es meals. Registration will open November 2025.  \n Guest Speaker is Natali e Briscoe, UUA Southern Region Lead. Chaplain/song leader is Rev. Kiya Hear twood.\n Natalie Aguila Briscoe received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psycholog y from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000 where her focus was on lea rning and perception across the lifespan and her Master’s Degree in counsel ing and human development from the University of North Texas in 2002. She h as amassed over a decade as a Religious Educator, serving congregations in the Southern and Pacific Western Regions. Natalie joined the Unitarian Univ ersalist Association’s Congregational Life Staff in 2013, began serving as the Co-Lead of the Southern Region in 2018, and transitioned to the sole Le ad of the Region in 2021. She is the recipient of the Norma Veridan Award f or unique and outstanding service in Religious Education and the Ruth Clark Award for Excellence in Service to Unitarian Universalism. Natalie is a pr oud Queer Pinay woman whose ministry is to help congregations become the be st institutional incarnation of Unitarian Universalism that they can be.\n Kiya Heartwood is an award-winning roots-rock singer-songwriter and Unitari an Universalist minister. Rev. Kiya is the minister of the Unitarian Univer salist Church of the Brazos Valley (https://www.kiyaheartwood.com/www.brazo s-uu.org) in Bryan, TX.\n The UK's Broadway Baby describes Kiya Heartwood ( Radio Cafe (https://www.kiyaheartwood.com/about), Stealin Horses (https://w ww.kopana.net/tunes/stealin-horses/), Wishing Chair (https://www.wishingcha ir.com/)) as "an award-winning American singer-songwriter who writes smart, funny and poignant songs." Kiya's music "serves up a lively batch of origi nal songs that follow on to two of the oldest traditions of folk music: sto rytelling and political broadside." Get Kiya's music in her online Store (h ttps://www.kiyaheartwood.com/store). Kiya's Badlands project is scheduled f or Summer 2025. Watch for Tour Dates (https://www.kiyaheartwood.com/calenda r).\n Kiya makes her happy home in Bryan, TX that she shared with her wife, the Rev. Meg Barnhouse (https://www.dearmegb.com) until Meg's passing in J anuary 2026. Kiya is also the director of the Love and Joy Choir (https://w ww.kiyaheartwood.com/love-and-joy-choir).\n Kiya’s Video page (https://yout ube.com/@kiyaheartwood?feature=shared). Kiya on Facebook (https://www.faceb ook.com/kiya.heartwood/) and Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/revki.bsky.s ocial).\n \nSWUUWCon2027 Will be hosted by Horizon UU Church (https://www.h orizonuu.org/) of Carrollton TX\nDates and exact Location TBD\n \nSWUUWCon2 028 Will be hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Lafayette LA (https://uulala.org/)\nDates and exact Location TBD\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Natalie BriscoeSWUUWCon 2026Camp Allen, Navasota TX
Hosted by Pathways UU Church, Hurst, TX

Register now! https://swuuw.org/regi ster/ 

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

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

Natalie Aguila Briscoe received her Bach elor’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 t ransitioned 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 Ed ucation and the Ruth Clark Award for Excellence in Service to Unitarian Uni versalism. Natalie is a proud Queer Pinay woman whose ministry is to help c ongregations become the best institutional incarnation of Unitarian Univers alism that they can be.

Kiya Heartwood is an award-w inning roots-rock singer-songwriter and Unitarian Universalist minister. Re v. 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 o ldest 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 that she shared with her wife, the  Rev. Meg Barnhouse< /a> until Meg's passing in January 2026. Kiya is also the director of the < a href="https://www.kiyaheartwood.com/love-and-joy-choir" target="_blank" r el="noopener" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Love and Joy Choir">Lo ve 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< /a>
Dates and exact Location TBD

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