Welcome to
St James’s
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St James’s is a welcoming and inclusive Church of England church in the heart of London. As well as being a house of prayer, it strives to be a place of imagination, courage and hope, building community with people of all faiths and none. It is a place where everyone can reflect, belong, create and debate. Join us for daily services and a varied creative programme.

Featured events

Pride Party

Sat 5 July from 11am till 7pm

Pride Party in the courtyard, garden and church. There will be street food, bar, drag DJ sets, face-painting and craft stall.

What’s On

We offer daily services and a creative programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.

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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

For Pride this year, St James’s will exhibit new work by the artist Ariel Collier (she/they/we/our) in the Side Chapel. Collier is a London based conceptual artist, writer, researcher and curator originally from South Florida.

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Weekday morning prayer

Morning Prayer is said in the side chapel Mon, Tues, Thur & Fri at 8.30am, lasting 30 minutes.

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Simone Tavoni, piano  

Monday 23 June 1.10pm

The Italian pianist Simone Alessandro Tavoni has given recitals internationally, including in the United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Hungary, France, Spain, Malta, Estonia, Greece and across Italy.

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Elizabeth Pion, piano

Tuesday 24 June 1.10pm

A curious and innovative artist, pianist Élisabeth Pion, born in 1996 in Quebec, Canada, is internationally active as a soloist, chamber musician, and artistic collaborator. 

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Sanctuary

Tuesdays from 6pm

The Sanctuary service will be held at our partner church St Pancras, Euston Road.

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Wednesday morning Eucharist

Held each Wednesday morning from 8.30am-9am in the side chapel

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An afternoon o’ Scots Sangs – Emily Wishart (soprano) 

Wednesday 25 June 1.10pm

Soprano Emily Wishart has performed regularly across her native Scotland as a soloist with the likes of the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union and at events such as the Wellington Arts Festival and  The Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

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Holding the Silence

Thur and Fri at 12noon

A chance to gather, share some silence, share some reflections.

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Thought for the week

Each week, a member of the congregation, community or clergy writes on a contemporary topic that resonates with the mission and values of St James’s.

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What Community Means to Me

As part of Refugee Week, six members of the St James’s International Group reflect on this year’s theme: Community as a superpower.

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What we do

St James’s hosts inclusive services and a creative programme.
We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.

Creative programme

We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word, drawing on St James’s rich cultural history including artists, writers and musicians Mary Beale, Mary Delany, William Blake, Ottobah Cugoano and Leopold Stokowski.

Spiritual Life

St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion. This is a place for everyone who’s wondering about life’s big questions and striving for a better world.

Earth justice

St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature. Rooted in loving the world and all its inhabitants (human and other-than-human), the community seeks to act from a place of environmental interconnectedness in services, events, and activism.

Social justice

This is a church that yearns for liberation, in solidarity with people experiencing homelessness, living on low incomes, going through the asylum system, and living with fragile mental or physical health.

‘St James’s is not just a building, it’s an idea and an invitation. The idea is that creativity is in itself a language of the human spirit.’
The Revd Lucy Winkett