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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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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.
