Administration

Jennifer Mearing
Chapel Director of Operations / Board Liaison
Jennifer serves as the Director of Operations and Board Liaison at the Village Chapel of Bald Head Island. She oversees the Chapel's daily operations, office procedures, communications, marketing, website, and social media, while supporting the Board of Trustees, the Island Chaplain, and the Chapel Administrator. Jennifer also coordinates weddings, baptisms, memorials, special events, and helps ensure the smooth operation of the Chapel.
With more than 25 years of professional experience, Jennifer has held leadership roles in operations, human resources, payroll, training, and technology. She is a Microsoft Office Specialist and has extensive experience in administration, marketing, and organizational management.
Jennifer has been coming to the island since 1999 and became a proud homeowner in 2019. She lives here full time in the summer and on and off the island other seasons. Jennifer and her husband, Philip, have lived in Fayetteville, NC for the past 25 years. They have four children; son, Stephen, Chef at Gates Four Country Club; daughter, Nicole, graduate of High Point University; daughter, Alexa, attending NC State; and son, Ethan, attending Campbell University. Her hobbies when not taking care of her family are hiking, kayaking, fishing, cooking, reading, and crocheting.

For more information, contact Jennifer at [email protected] or 910-457-1183.

Cindy Sellers
Chapel Organist and Music Director
Cindy Sellers began her music career as choir director at Main Street Methodist Church in High Point, NC, in 1968, while a senior at High Point College. Over the years, she served as organist and/or choir director at Montlieu Avenue UMC also in High Point; Trinity UMC, Southport; and Sunset Park UMC, Wilmington. For a brief period before coming to Bald Head, she was Music Coordinator for Grace UMC, Wilmington.
Cindy played her first services at the Village Chapel on Christmas Eve, 1998, and officially became the Chapel Organist on Jan 4, 1999. In February of that year, she organized the Chapel Choir, having secured a gift of a small choral library. She incorporates local and visiting choral singers and instrumentalists into the worship experience at the Chapel.
In other musical endeavors, Cindy was a founding member of the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra (flutist) in 1971. She was the founding director of the Sea Notes Choral Society in 1974 and directed their 50th anniversary concerts in December 2024.
A former Realtor, Cindy is a history and genealogy buff active in several lineage societies. Married to Donald Sellers in 1969, she is mother of two and grandmother of four.