Ordination Service • Rev. Trish (Photos)
- MCL Editorial Team
- Jul 24, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 17, 2025
On Sunday, June 29th, Rev. Trish was welcomed into the order of Ordained Ministers at the Metaphysical Chapel of Life, and under the auspices also of the mother church, the Church of Enlightenment. The ordination ceremony took place during hybrid Sunday services, where guest speaker Carl McColman shared the lecture and mystical meditation, and Debbie Whitley presided.
Photos and more info below! You’re welcome to comment on this post.
Trish and the Chapel are so grateful for all our incredible volunteers — hospitality committee, board of directors, ministers, and all those who make special days like this possible. The Chapel has been an all-volunteer organization since its inception, and we are grateful for our ongoing spirit of community and teamwork.
Rev. Bill Whitley begins the ordination
It was a full house at the Metaphysical Chapel of Life Sunday, June 29th, 2025, for Rev. Trish’s ordination ceremony, and guest speaker Carl McColman.
Rev. Bill Whitley reads during the ordination ceremony.
Rev. Sharon Flynn begins to lift the black cloth from the ordination altar during the ordination ceremony for Rev. Trish.
Church of Enlightenment Board members Rev. Bill Whitley (President) and Rev. Bettye Mason (Secretary) sign the ordination certificates for Rev. Trish during the ordination ceremony on Sunday, June 29th, 2025.
Rev. Trish cuts the ordination cake.
Rev. Bill Whitley begins the ordination service, as president of the Church of Enlightenment Board of Directors, and Lead Minister at the Metaphysical Chapel of Life, on June 29th, 2025.
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About Rev. Trish
Rev. Trish is an ordained minister at the Metaphysical Chapel of Life, has been a member of the Chapel since December 2018, and is a former Secretary and President of the Chapel’s Board of Directors. She is also a graduate of international medium Joseph Shiel’s evidential mediumship mentoring program, and she received her mediumship certification and Reiki practitioner certification through the Montclair Psychic School.
Her studies in metaphysics began in the 1980s and continue to this day, with a current focus on energy work, physical phenomena, and spirit communication. Trish believes that greater peace in life is possible when you understand how the highs and lows of your current experience support your path in this incarnation.
About Rev. Bill Whitley
Rev. Bill Whitley is a Minister with the Metaphysical Chapel of Life and has been a Chapel member since October 25, 1985. Bill currently serves as President of the Board of Directors of The Church of Enlightenment and as the lead minister with the Metaphysical Chapel of Life. Bill is a founding member of the Church of Enlightenment (November 9, 1997) and the Metaphysical Chapel of Life charted through The Church of Enlightenment (April 26, 1998). Bill was instrumental in helping to establish both organizations. Bill previously served on the Board of Directors of The Bridge of Light and was a founding minister with the Chapel of Life charted through The Bridge of Light (April 11, 1986). Bill was a guiding influence that helped the Chapel of Life evolve into the current Metaphysical Chapel of Life.
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