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A seat at the Long Table in Cirencester
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Church Times
Last year, at the behest of the diocese of Gloucester, the third hub opened in Cirencester, where the Grace Network now has a 15-year lease on a 25,000 square-foot former House of Fraser store, now called The Old Department Store, which had been empty for six years. One is based on the so-called “Nazareth manifesto” in Luke 4: “We exist to bring the following words to life in our community: to show the vulnerable that change is possible, to help free people who feel trapped, and tell the world a new way of living, to help free people from the things, systems and choices that oppress us and to proclaim a new start, a second chance at a good life.” These seven spaces, Mr Mansell says, sum up the Grace Network’s approach to building community.