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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
Under the theme ‘Imagine the World to be Different’, our garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show encourages visitors to cherish the earth and one another.
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 door open to all who need us
We know that spiritual sustenance comes in many forms: we hope you enjoy this one. £12 from the sale of each bottle will go directly to St James’s, Charity No. 1133048
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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In 2017-18, we hosted a major installation of this Environmental Artist working in stone.
Emily Young has been described as ‘Britain’s greatest living stone sculptor’ (FT 2013). Her preoccupation is our troubled relationship with the planet and her works are often monumental, ‘allowing the viewer to comprehend a commonality across deep time, geography and cultures.’ In her combination of traditional carving skills allied with technology where necessary, she produces timeless works which marry the contemporary with the ancient.
Over the course of almost two years in 2017-18, an exhibition of her works was hosted in the Southwood Garden and the Courtyard. The often-gigantic heads of angels populated our site and thrilled our visitors. It was the epic nature of her work that made this historic site a suitable resting place for the pieces, bringing a longer and deeper perspective to a site often characterised by its 17th century architecture, but whose Portland stone dressings contain fossils from the last ice age.
Emily came to open the exhibition and affirmed that her work transcends the boundaries of organised religion while inviting us into a deeper connection with the spiritual undercurrents of the earth itself.
St James’s is privileged to have one permanent sculpture by Young, bequeathed by a much-loved parishioner who died in 2010, Robin Miller. This angel head is on display in the rectory reception.
Lucy Winkett and Emily Young
Installing the statues
