from The Chapel of the United States Airforce Base, West Ruislip
Introduced by Ronald Allison

Come, thou almighty king
Take time to be holy
We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing
O for a thousand tongues to sing
O beautiful for spacious skies
God of our fathers, whose almighty hand
Almighty father, strong to save
Lord, guard and guide the men who fly
Praise ye the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation
O love that wilt not let me go

The unique and elegant church steeple in the forecourt of the chapel of the Third United States Air Force Command Headquarters here in the United Kingdom symbolises, appropriately enough, a flight mission. Dedicated in 1962. the chapel is modern and comfortable and, to quote the Louisiana-born Base Chaplain, 'excluding beanstalks, it seats 400.' Some 1,200 Roman Catholic, Protestant. and Jewish servicemen and their dependants use the chapel every week, and a complete military religious programme for United States personnel and their dependants is provided.