Today we remember The Dorchester Chaplains who died in World War II

                            Psalm 69:7

     Let not 

     those who 

     hope in you

     be put 

     to shame 

     through me, 

     Lord God

     of hosts: 

     let not those 

     who seek you be disgraced 

     because of me ,O God of Israel. 

 The Dorchester was a luxury liner converted into a troop transport ship was carrying 902 service men, merchant seamen and civilian workers from New-foundland to an American base in Green-land.  On February 3, 1943 it was torpedoed by a German U-boat. All four chaplains, First Lieutenants George Lansing Fox, Alexander David Goode, Clark Vandersall Poling, and Clark John Patrick Washington, “America realizing its diversity” (says from the JCC website,)  “helped other soldiers board lifeboats and gave up their own life jackets when the supply ran out. The chaplains joined arms, said prayers and sang hymns as the ship sank. 

                    I ask your prayers today for all chaplains and for the men and women whom they serve at home and abroad, and give our leaders wisdom and restraint.