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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.
Come and celebrate the hope and light that Christmas brings each winter
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 creative 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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Robin Campbell, St James’s Food Hospitality Outreach Co-ordinator, talks about our partnership with City Harvest and asks that we give back to them for Harvest Festival.
Since its inception, FEAST has partnered with City Harvest who supply the food donations that enable us to create a hot two-course menu every Monday at St James’s, for those experiencing homelessness and living on low incomes. City Harvest is a food surplus distribution agency which aims to rescue food from supermarkets and catering companies that would otherwise be thrown away, contributing to the 25 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions that food waste creates in the UK each year (as reported by WRAP in 2018).
Each Monday, we receive an array of beautiful fruit, vegetables, meat and dairy delivered by the volunteer drivers at City Harvest which we then, ready-steady-cook style, use to create a delicious and nutritious menu with. Every week, City Harvest helps us save approximately 140kg of food from waste, which translates to just over 7 tonnes of food saved per year -that’s the equivalent of a large male elephant.
This October, we would like to give back to our long-standing partner and show solidarity in our shared goals of minimising food waste and addressing food poverty by supporting City Harvest’s Harvest festival. City Harvest are asking for a collection of non-perishable food items, specifically pasta, rice, cereals, tins and jars. Please bring any donations to the service on Sunday 8th October at 11am, or you can also leave donations at the Rectory in the week before.
