At long last!  It’s difficult to believe, after so extended a journey, but the truth is, we are about to take a major step forward towards the long-awaited goal of establishing C.S. Lewis College.

It pleases me greatly to inform you that a news conference was held today in Northfield, Massachusetts announcing the purchase of the campus for the use of C.S. Lewis College by Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

Located in the greater Amherst area of northern Massachusetts, just east of the Connecticut River, the campus is the beautiful and historic former sight of Dwight L. Moody’s Northfield Seminary for Young Women (later, the Northfield Mount Hermon School).  NMH recently consolidated their operations onto their Mount Hermon campus, located five miles away.

For details on this rather extraordinary development, including the press release, announcement videos, and photos of the campus, visit http://www.cslewiscollege.org.

We invite you to rejoice with us on this joyous occasion, taking place most appropriately in this Advent season.

“Further up and further in!”,

J. Stanley Mattson
Founder and President
C.S. Lewis Foundation

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We’ve been receiving several announcements lately about upcoming theatre productions of C.S. Lewis’ works, so we decided to post some theatre news.

If you happen to be around Lewis’ hometown this next week, the Hope Players amateur drama group will be hosting “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” at the ADC Theatre in Cambridge from December 17^th-20^th.  For free online booking please see: www.adctheatre.com. You can also call (01223 300085) or visit the box office (ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge), Tue & Fri 12.30pm-7.00pm and Wed, Thu & Sat 3.00pm - 7.00pm. Please be advised that a 50p card charge is added to the price of each telephone transaction and each booking made in person by card or cheque).

Saratoga Abundant Life Church in Saratoga Springs, New York, is hosting a one-man show entitled “A Christmas with C.S. Lewis,” with its writer David Payne as the star. A huge C.S. Lewis fan, Payne has played Lewis in “Shadowlands” at Nashville’s Tennessee Performing Arts Center, and he has also toured the nation as both a director and an actor in “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,” numerous times. In his original play, “Payne brings Lewis’ humor to life and further proves that Lewis was one of England’s most famous public speakers.” The event is free, and happening only once, this Saturday, December 12^th. For more information please see: http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2009/12/10/entertainment/doc4b211951755f4541281442.txt

Payne will also be appearing, in the same show on December 14^th in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Tickets are $15 for this show. For more information please call 508-747-1622 or visit www.MemorialHall.com.

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