Welcome to Chelsea Spits, Children's Choir Director

Music is such a vital part of the worship experience for most of us, joy filled and spirit feeding. I have always loved music. My parents sang in the church choir where I was baptized in Mt Holy, NJ. My sister and I would sit by ourselves, ages 5 & 7, in the big wooden pews, and watch them in wonder. Later, when we moved to Ohio, it was my grandmother singing in the church choir, where Joe and I married years later.  My sister and I sang in our community children’s choir, Harmony Hummers, during elementary school, and in my high school choir I learned Handel’s Messiah from our brave choir teacher. Fond memories come flooding back when I hear those hymns during Advent, even more so now that I understand the depth and breadth of the lyrics.  So, you can only imagine how excited I was when Chelsea Spits agreed to lead our Joyful Noise children’s choir.

Chelsea is a music educator and is in her 13th year of teaching. She earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education from the University of West Georgia. Post-grad, Chelsea enjoyed working for the Disney College Program before accepting the position as Director of Choral Activities at North Paulding High School in Dallas, GA. 

Following her tenure at NPHS, she pursued a new full-time career, that of “mama” to her two boys, Colin and Joshua. While staying home with them, she enjoyed teaching music virtually for Stride, Inc. The preschool and choir at Northbrook are what drew Chelsea and her family to the church. The highlight of her week is performing with the Northbrook UMC Chancel Choir, and she feels honored to be folded into the Northbrook Music Ministry by becoming the Director of Children’s Music. Chelsea resides in Woodstock with her husband Nicholas, two boys, and pups Penny and Lucy. When she’s not teaching or performing, Chelsea enjoys gardening, antiquing, and running.

                                         Please join me in welcoming Chelsea to her new role at Northbrook.
                     Ephesians 5:19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit.
                                                       Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,

Christy Merritt
Director of Children's Ministry