With just three weeks to go until Christmas Day and one less to MBC’s Nativity Service, today was the day for all would-be thespians to stand up and be counted. So while Graham was drawing to a close our series on “Being Chris,” groups of children and young people spread themselves around the building to take a first look at their scripts, to learn the words and actions for a new carol or – if drama wasn’t their forte – to watch a re-run of the BBC’s superb 2010 production of Nativity.

After a nine hour overnight flight from Heathrow there was a warm welcome for Graham and Glenda as they began their seven day fact-finding trip to Kenya.
With their first two days spent in and around Nairobi and then a three day trip visiting mission stations in the remote Rift Valley it looks as if neither