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Village Chapel
Also known as Village Chapel of Bald Head Island
The island's interdenominational chapel on Lighthouse Wynd beside Old Baldy, dedicated in 1987: Sunday services at 8:30 and 10am, a chapel open for prayer, and weddings.
The Village Chapel stands on Lighthouse Wynd beside Old Baldy. Islanders first worshiped together on Easter Sunday 1984, in the lounge of the old Bald Head Island Inn. After an Easter sunrise service at the lighthouse in 1985, the Mitchell family donated the land, and the chapel was dedicated on Easter Sunday 1987, before it was even finished. Texas architect Clovis Heimsath took his cue from the old life-saving stations, and the windows behind the altar look out over the marsh toward Bald Head Creek and Middle Island.
The chapel is interdenominational. Local volunteers lead the services, and visiting ministers from many denominations, recommended by island property owners, preach through the year. Sunday brings a traditional service at 8:30am and a contemporary one at 10am, with courtyard seating outside, and the doors stay open for prayer the rest of the week. It also hosts baptisms, vow renewals, memorials, and weddings.
What you'll find
- Sunday services: traditional at 8:30am, contemporary at 10am
- Communion on the first Sunday of each month
- Courtyard seating outdoors, plus first-come seating inside
- A meditation garden
- Weddings, baptisms, vow renewals, and memorials
- Services livestreamed on YouTube
- An island chaplain
Good to know
- The chapel is always open for prayer.
- The Memorial Garden is a burial ground, so please don't walk through it.
- Sitting in the courtyard in warm months? Bring bug spray.
- Weddings are booked one per day, with room for about 110 guests inside, and officiants must be ordained clergy. The chapel office has the fees and guidelines.
- There's a ramp at the entrance and a small restroom. No food or drinks inside.
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