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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.
Thur 24 Oct 6.30pm
Fact, fiction, faith: AI in an uncertain world – a conversation with Jocelyn Burnham, and Dr Shauna Concannon.
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
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.
We host a year-round cultural 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.
We try to put our faith into action by educating ourselves and speaking out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, earth and racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
We aspire to be a home where everyone can belong. We’re known locally and globally for our unique history and beauty, as well as faith in action, creativity and the arts, and a commitment to social and environmental justice.
We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.
St James’s Piccadilly has been at the heart of its community since 1684. We invite you to play your part in securing this historic place for generations to come.
It costs us £3,500 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us
Your donation will help us restore our garden in Piccadilly as part of The Wren Project, making it possible for us to welcome over 300,000 people from all faiths and walks of life seeking tranquillity and inspiration each year.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Our new Creative Director Richard Parry arrived this week and we’re so delighted to have him as part of our community and team.
Richard has most recently been the Director of Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art. Previously, he has worked in a curatorial role at the Grundy Art Gallery for Blackpool Council and at the Hayward Gallery at the Southbank Centre in London. He said about his most recent festival experience; The 2021 Glasgow festival operated under the theme of Attention. This looked at not only how we pay attention to the world around us, but also the so-called ‘attention economy’, who receives our attention and who does not.
On his appointment to St James’s, Richard has said
“I am thrilled to be appointed in this exciting and ground-breaking new role. St James’s Church in Piccadilly is not only one of the most beautiful Wren buildings in London but it has an incredible history of ideas, thinkers and artists, whether William Blake, Mary Beale, Ottobah Cugoano or James Gillray. I look forward to working with all the team and community at St James’s, creating new programmes which build on its existing and much-loved music concerts and invite new audiences into this special and profound space.”
