SWUUWCon 2025

Sacred Spaces, Sacred Places

March 21-23, 2025

Houston Hilton NASA in Clear Lake, TX

Registration will open by the end of November. There will be 12 workshops in four categories: Creativity, Movement, Spirituality, Activism.

We are expecting over ten vendors- bringing back some of your favorites. 

Rooms for the SWUUW Conference block can be reserved now. The cost is reasonable: $139/ night including taxes. Reserve here.

Convenor: Gerry Carr of the Bay Area UU Congregation.

Chaplain: Rev. Katie McQuage-Loukas of Bay Area UU Church

Keynote Speaker: Catherine Vance

Rev. Katie is the newly called and settled minister of Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church. She received her Master of Divinity from Boston University in 2021, and she stayed one more year to complete a Master of Sacred Theology, focusing on religious leadership. She entered preliminary fellowship with the Unitarian Universalist Association in 2022 and was recently ordained by the UU Church of Reading, Massachusetts, where she had been a ministerial intern.

Though she comes to us from New England, she is originally from Galveston, Texas. She worked as a paralegal first in family law, and then in health and disability insurance advocacy, before discovering that she really wanted to be a full-time church person.

Rev. Katie lives with her partner Kris. They enjoy witnessing art in human embodied motion, primarily through NBA basketball and ballet. They also enjoy watching the ducks in their apartment’s pond.

Called to Go:
Finding Your Sacred Journey

Catherine Vance, Intern Minister at Galveston Fellowship. Catherine is also an author. Her book “Mountains Under her Feet”, recounts the stories of strong women over generations in Tennessee.

Registration for SWUUWCon 2025 will open in November.