The Glaswegian author will be giving a talk about animals in the spirit world.

There will be an opportunity to buy books at the church.

The event will take place on 9 October at 7pm.

For more information contact: Susan Rouse 02476 690 597.

A BIG hearted church congregation in Coventry is urging people to help them fill a container with much- needed items being sent to a school for orphans in Africa.

The worshippers of St Paul's Church, in Foleshill Road, decided to support the orphanage in Burundi, after The Rev Jim Canning bumped into a bishop from the country.

A CHURCH in Coventry celebrated its 100th birthday at the weekend.

Seventh Day Adventists marked the centenary of their Radford church with a day of prayer and music.

The 160-strong congregation, with fellow worshippers from across the country, joined together in the centre of Coventry to mark the milestone in their church's life.

Every year about this time the parish church of St Nicholas in Radford hold a festival and gift day to celebrate the anniversary of the consecration of the church.

This was held on 6th September 2008. from 10-00am, to 3-00pm when the theme of the flowers was the industry of Coventry.

INVENTIONS and trades which began in Coventry are the theme of a flower festival in the city on Saturday.

The event at St Nicholas Church in Radford, starts at 10am.

There will be floral displays of bicycles, clocks, watches, cars and more as well as cake stalls, a tombola, refreshments and a raffle.

The church is in Sherwood Jones Close, on the corner of Engleton Road, and is open to everyone.

A WEEKEND of celebration is planned to mark the 100th anniversary of a Coventry parish.

From Thursday September 4 to Sunday September 7 there will be a flower festival and historical display in St Thomas's Church, Longford.

A TALENTS themed Harvest and Flower Festival takes place at Foleshill Road United Reformed Church in Old Church Road, Coventry next month.

The flowers will be available for viewing at the church in Old Church Road, on Saturday, September 13 from 11am until 4pm and Saturday, September 14 from 1.30pm until 3pm.

Refreshments will be on sale.

A Harvest Festival service takes place at the church on Sunday, September 14 at 11am.

No evening service will be held.

Representatives from the police, community wardens, Whitefriars Housing and the parks department will be on hand to answer residents questions.

Everyone welcome.

GRAVES of World War One veterans have been uncovered in Coventry by ex-offenders completing their community sentences.

The waist-high grass in the graveyard at St Nicholas Church in Radford has been cleared by a group of men as part of their work with their probation service.

So they raised cash to build the city's first Sikh place of worship, reports SANDISH SHOKERGURU Nanak Parkash Gurdwara is an impressing building.

The clergyman runs an orphanage in Burundi which caters for almost 200 destitute youngsters, all victims of a bloody 12-year civil war that decimated the country.

Marc Catley, priest, at St Andrew's, in Eastern Green, was among the latest Coventry and Warwickshire people to be ordained as deacons or priests.

We have Bishop Justin Baransananikiye of Gitega, Burundi staying with us at the moment.

Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world, and is endeavouring to recover from 12 years of Civil War.

Bishop Justin and his Churches have taken responsibility for 110 Orphans of the War, and has built a School for these children.

Their needs are immediate.

The event, at the church, in Broad Street, Foleshill, starts at 6pm and organisers are promising a nostalgic evening of fun, memories and food.

For ticket details phone 02476 808423