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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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Deep Abiding Prayer is a healing prayer of the heart and of the Spirit. Its sources are in the Bible and in the Christian Contemplative tradition.
When we meet
Practice sessions are on Zoom, the first Thursday of the month 7.30-8.30 pm.
Who We Are
People join us from around the UK and from Canada, as well as members of St James’s Church. The sessions are run through a partnership between Living Spirituality Connections www.livingspirit.org.uk and St James’s Church.
What We Do
We pray for individuals and communities, as well as for those parts of ourselves that need healing. We become channels for healing peace, by letting go of outcomes and trusting the action of the Holy Spirit through our prayers. We hear words and music from medieval and modern contemplative writers and musicians, and have time in breakout groups to reflect on our experience.
Participants say: “I really value these sessions. Deep Abiding Prayer will nourish my soul, which it very much needs.”
“I would love to join in groups to partake in deep abiding prayer and to keep the flame alive! The sessions have been excellent in every way and I’m thrilled to have been able to attend from Edinburgh.”
“… heartfelt thanks to you for running these DAP sessions. Connecting with the heart, has been so vital for me. I hadn’t realised quite now numb or cold it had become in there (like an empty igloo with no one home!), and yesterday, when the initial course ended, I found myself thinking ‘it’s good to be home again’.”
“Can’t thank you enough. Truly life changing and affirming!”
Joining a session For further details and for the Zoom link email Petra at community@sjp.org.uk There is no charge.
