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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.
We are delighted to announce that from 6 Jan until early Apr 2025, work will take place to reinstate the church’s South Door onto Jermyn Street, part of Sir Christopher Wren’s original design.
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.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.
We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature.
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.
The work of St James’s, it costs us £5,000 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us.
New walkways, a restored courtyard and re-landscaped gardens will provide fully accessible, beautiful spaces for everyone to enjoy as well as improving our environmental performance.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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An established firm favourite in the St James’s calendar, this year’s Christmas Gala Concert lived up to its reputation as a hallmark event to launch the Christmas season. We were joined this year by The Sixteen under the direction of Harry Christophers, who gave breathtaking performances across the evening, accompanied by the St James’s Chamber Orchestra. Each year, we commission a new choral work, made possible by the support of The Order of the Fleur de Lys. With worlds by Charlotte Baginski and music by Kerensa Briggs, The World Sings: Love, was given its world premier at the Gala, once again adding to the library of the St James’s Songbook.
A second world premier was performed entitled Imagine the World to be Different, with words by our Associate Rector, Reverend Doctor Ayla Lepine and music by the composer Will Todd. The song was commissioned to mark our presence as the first church to be invited to exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show this year. Our Garden was given the same title and won Gold, so we were thrilled Sophie Raworth, who had broadcast from our garden in the summer, joined us as a our host for the concert, guiding us through every moment across the programme.
We were also joined by good friends of St James’s, the actors Rhoda Ofori-Attah, and Simon Callow CBE, providing that extra sparkle to a glittering programme, with something for everyone. Adam Haus, from the London Park School on Piccadilly, won this years poem competition, with Let US Imagine, brining together the various aspects of this years Christmas for All Gala Concert.
We are always grateful for the support our local neighbours give, and this year our Gala was made possible by Charles Myers of Signum Global Partners and Mrs Inna Meggs of HSBC. And of course, we are grateful to everyone who supports our Christmas for All appeal, and when reading this you feel you can help support our work, please do so here.
It is our hope that you will consider joining us for the 2025 Christmas for All Gala, which will take place on the 4th December, when we will come together, joined once more by The Sixteen, The St James’s Chamber Orchestra, Genesis Sixteen, a surprise international soloist, celebrity friends, brought together by Sophie Raworth BBC, as we continue to ‘Repeat the Sounding Joy’ and commence he season in style.
Sophie Raworth
The Sixteen and the St James’s Chamber Orchestra
Harry Christophers
Rhoda Ofori-Attah
Simon Callow CBE
Kerensa Briggs
