[ENS] ENGLAND: Planned Quran burning 'deeply deplorable, ' archbishop of Canterbury says / ENGLAND:

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Date Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:07:03 -0400

>Episcopal News Service
>September 9, 2010

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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Planned Quran burning 'deeply deplorable,'
archbishop of Canterbury says
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Archbishop offers hopes and prayers for 
Rosh Hashanah
* DAYBOOK - September 10: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK - "Blessed Connections -
Relationships that Sustain Vital Ministry"

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>WORLD REPORT

ENGLAND: Planned Quran burning 'deeply deplorable,' archbishop of
Canterbury says

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has
spoken out against a Florida-based evangelical Christian pastor's plan
to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, calling it a "deeply
deplorable" act that should be "strongly condemned by all people."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_124410_ENG_HTM.htm

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ENGLAND: Archbishop offers hopes and prayers for Rosh Hashanah

[Episcopal News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has
sent a greeting to Jewish communities at the start of the festival of
Rosh Hashanah, marking the start of the Jewish New Year, according to
a press release from Lambeth Palace.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_124413_ENG_HTM.htm

More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On September 10, 2010, the church remembers Alexander Crummell,
priest, missionary, and educator.

* Today in Scripture: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm

* Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer:

http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm

* Today in History: On September 10, 1937, Burnett Hillman Streeter,
Anglican New Testament textual scholar, died.

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