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The Episcopal Diocese of Utah 75 South 200 East P. O. Box 3090 Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 801/322-4131 The Rev. Canon Gregory Cameron The Covenant Design Group covenant@anglicancommunion.org

Dear Canon Cameron, We are grateful that the Covenant Design Group has invited responses from the worldwide Anglican Communion to the St. Andrews Draft of the proposed Anglican Covenant. Members of the Deputation to the General Convention of The Episcopal Church and the Bishop of the Diocese of Utah have previously issued two lengthy statements, one on March 14, 2007, in response to the Primates Communique from Tanzania, and the second on June 4, 2007, to answer questions about the Covenant posed by the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church to assist in formulating its response to the Nassau Draft. These earlier statements are attached in this email correspondence along with our response to the St. Andrews Draft. In this season of Pentecost we send you our greetings and assure you of our prayers as you undertake the important work of collecting, reviewing, and considering responses from across the Communion. May God bless you richly in your task and bless us all with the gifts of ever-deepening witness to the power of the Holy Spirits work among us. Faithfully in Christ, (The Rt. Rev.) Carolyn Tanner Irish, Tenth Bishop of Utah and the Deputation to General Convention from the Diocese of Utah