                          
Starting on Ash Wednesday and leading up to Easter, Lent is a special 40-day period of preparation, reflection, and spiritual growth inspired by Jesus’s forty days in the desert (Matt. 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13). This year experience Lent in a fresh way at Tacoma's First Presbyterian Church through a series of special events exploring the writings of famed British writer C.S. Lewis, beloved author of Mere Christianity and the Chronicles of Narnia.
Wednesday Night Lecture Series
In this special 3-week seminar, nationally-recognized speakers will explore the spiritual insights to be gleaned from the writings of C.S. Lewis. (Wednesdays in South Chapel @ 7:00 pm).
Feb. 24: Dr. Jay Richards
Learn about Lewis’s supernatural fantasy The Great Divorce from Dr. Jay Richards, speaker and author of The Privileged Planet and Money, Greed, and God.
March 3: Dr. Earl Palmer
Learn about “C.S. Lewis, the Man Behind the Stories” from Dr. Earl Palmer, former pastor of University Presbyterian Church, Seattle.
March 10: Dr. Eric Jacobsen
Discover the spiritual insights in C.S. Lewis’s Voyage of the Dawn Treader with Dr. Eric Jacobsen, FPC’s Senior Pastor.
Sunday Class on The Great Divorce
During Lent, take an imaginative journey through heaven and hell by reading and discussing C.S. Lewis’s short fantasy, The Great Divorce. This year we are encouraging all regular attenders at FPC to read this book as part of their Lenten journey and then come discuss the book on Sunday mornings in a 6-week discussion class led by John and Sonja West. John West is co-editor of The C.S. Lewis Readers' Encyclopedia. (Feb. 21-March 28 @ 9:50 am, Middleton Parlor)
The Great Divorce—The Play
C.S. Lewis’s fantasy springs to life in this electrifying regional premiere staged by Taproot Theatre in Seattle. Join your friends from FPC for a night out at the theater, as we go to a performance of The Great Divorce on Sat., Feb. 20. Discounted tickets are available for $24 each in the Church Library in Stone Hall on Sundays.
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