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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
Revd Dr Ayla Lepine met with curator and art historian Alayo Akinkugbe for a conversation about justice, beauty and hope expressed in Che Lovelace’s paintings and Cugoano’s memorial.
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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Brain food for the Ecozoic
Come and join our online Ecozoic Book Group for what promises to be a season of lively ecumenical discussions! We will be exploring in more depth some of the themes raised by the ‘CHANGING OUR MINDS’ series of conversations with academics, theologians and indigenous thinkers from Northern America and Australia.
Book 1. ‘Christian Animism’ by Shawn Sanford Beck.
Published in 2015, 60 pages. The book is available to purchase in paperback and Kindle versions from £7.97.
Dates: Sunday 15 and 22 September 2024 at 6pm UK time on Zoom.
We are thrilled that Shawn Sanford Beck will be facilitating the first two discussions. He launched the Changing our Minds series in March 2024, with a discussion of Christian Animism. Shawn is an ecumenical Christian priest, a theologian and the founder of the Ecumenical Companions of Sophia.
To see Shawn in conversation click here.
Christian animism is a challenging idea to some, but Shawn draws on his own lived-experience and reflects on how ‘being amongst Beings’ might help shift our perception about our place and relationship with the more-than-human Cosmos. You can read an extract from the book here.
Book 2. ‘The Powers that Be: a theology for a new millennium’ by Walter Wink.
Published in 2000, 200 pages. The book is available to buy new from £14.50 or second hand from £8.50.
Dates and themes:
Sunday 6 October: The Powers
Sunday 20 October: Breaking the Spiral of Violence
Sunday 27 October: Prayer
All at 6pm UK time on Zoom.
We will be guided by Revd. Simon Woodman, minister of Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church.
Walter Wink’s books continue to be some of the most influential Christian writings on nonviolent resistance. Spirituality and Practice Review described his books as ‘trenchant theological works about evil, politics, and redemption in our world’. Wink suggests that a ‘Domination System’ holds us in thrall and that some of Jesus’ parables describe creative and even humorous ways to resist the ‘Powers’ without becoming corrupted by them. He shows how resistance can lead to transformation.
Wink was Professor of Biblical Interpretation in New York and a non-violent political activist. He is an inspiring figure in late 20th century progressive Christianity and has much to teach us today.
Sample reading material will be provided for those who do not want to purchase the books.
All sessions will use the same Zoom link
In this second series of online conversations exploring ways into an Ecozoic future, four wise and respected Australian elders share their experience, commitments and vision, inviting us to connect to Country.
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As we head into an uncertain future, one thing we do know is that Europe is the fastest-warming continent, with temperatures rising at roughly twice the global average.
Join us for a four-part series of online conversations with indigenous thinkers, and contemporary theologians who are passionate about Earth Justice, to explore how we might go about CHANGING OUR MINDS.
In 2023 the south-facing, sun-drenched curtilage of the church becomes a new Grow Space featuring The Three Sisters (corn, beans and squash) growing on the railings. Many cultures have a version of this staple food combination, which sustainably provides carbohydrates, protein and vitamins/minerals.
