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Out & About | Oak Hill Community Pride Festival

Sunday, June 7 | 5-8PM | SHPC

We are excited to invite you to the first-ever Oak Hill Community Pride Festival on June 7! This collaborative event between Shepherd of the Hills, Oak Hill UMC, and Abiding Love Lutheran is a visible expression of our shared commitment to inclusion, hospitality, and love. This is more than an event—it’s a chance to embody the kind of community we believe God calls us to be. We hope you’ll join us and invite others to experience this day of celebration. We are also currently taking vender applications, which you can fill out at the link below!

What will be at the event:

Live Music
Drag Performers
Local Craft Vendors
Food vendors
Pride Costume Contest (Learn more below!)
Fun & Games

Fill Out Vendor Form

Community Partners!
Kindom Community, Safe to Be, Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian, Abiding Love Lutheran, Oak Hill United Methodist!

Interested in being a community partner and having an informational booth? Please fill out this form. 8ft table and 2 chairs provided for each community partner booth.

Show us your PRIDE Costume Contest!!

Show off your PRIDE in our costume creation contest! Come dressed in your best Pride costume/outfit for a chance to win prizes. Costumes/outfits must be appropriate for all ages and may not include anything that could create a hazard.

Categories:

Best Kid costume/outfit
Best Adult costume/outfit
Best Pet costume/outfit (photo contest) - 4x6 or 5x7 framed photo
Judges’ choice in each category

How to enter:

All contestants must fill out the form below!
All human contestants must enter by May 31st.
Pet photos should be mailed to/dropped off at SHPC by Friday, May 29th .

How it works day of:
Judging will take place between 6:00 and 7:00 PM during the Pride festival. All festival attendees will be given 3 tickets with which to vote for their favorite contestant in each category. Contestants will have a voting box labeled with their name at the contest table. Voting will end at 7:00 PM to allow for vote tallying.
Judging Criteria: Theme, creativity, and overall impact.

Fill Out Form

Love Everybody.

It’s that simple, and that complicated;
it’s that easy, and that hard.

We are imperfect followers of Jesus Christ, continually being transformed by God’s love and forgiveness. We are building a vibrant, welcoming community that expresses that love in word and in action.

Our vision is “Love God, Love Everybody.”

We believe in the power of love. Period. Through love, we are each created in God’s image and filled with the divine spirit. No matter where we are on our journey, God’s imprint is in every person of every race/ethnicity, every culture, every religion, every gender and gender identity, every socio-economic status, every ability and disability, every sexual orientation, and every political ideology.