A LAPAL church will welcome a special guest to its Harvest Festival.

The Archbishop of Birmingham, Bernard Longley, will give the address at Carters Lane Baptist Church on October 7.

The service will start at 11am and members of the congregation can bring harvest gifts, which will be distributed to families and individuals in need via the Blackheath based charity Loaves 'n' Fishes.

Revd Siôr Coleman, minister of the church, said: "Harvest Festival is the time we say thank you for the good things that we can enjoy. However, gratitude implies responsibility and we believe that good things must be shared."