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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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The material for the figures was wood from a Catalpa (Indian Bean) tree which had stood for a century near the entrance to the church. During this time, having survived bombing during the Blitz, the tree had become well known and appreciated beyond those at St James’s and appeared in Time Out’s Great Trees of London.
After serving for so many years as a focal point for ceremonies and blessings, their venerable tree had sadly declined in health to the point where it had to be felled in 2011.
The St James’s community hoped that something could be made from its remains which would continue to be part of church life while at the same time commemorating their much loved tree.
Extracting the huge sections of timber from the church grounds was an immense effort in itself, requiring a large team of volunteers and some real ingenuity.
They were then transported to my mountain workshop where, over several months of planning and carving, they became the set of figures which are now a central part of the Christmas celebrations.
