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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
The Sunday Forum is an open online group, that runs parallel to the coffee after the service, from 12.30pm to 1pm on a Sunday, open to all.
Sunday 19 July 3pm-4.30pm
Hymns and Pimm’s in the Garden. Join St James’s Music Scholars past and present as they lead you through your favourite hymns, whilst enjoying a glass or two of Pimms.
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 aim to be a place where you can belong. We have a unique history, and the beauty of our building is widely known. Our community commits to faith in action: social and environmental justice; creativity. and the arts
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 £5,000 each day to keep the doors of St James’s open to all who already need us.
A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacity—all fully accessible— will provide beautiful spaces for all as well as improving our environmental performance.
Whether shooting a blockbuster TV series or creating a unique corporate event, every hire at St James’s helps our works within the community.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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To coincide with Refugee Week 20-26 June, St James’s Church is exhibiting a video and installation by Syrian-born artist Issam Koubaj, documenting a performance he undertook in 2021 marking the tenth anniversary of the Syrian Uprising.
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Hear from Deborah Colvin, Church Warden, as she opens the queer umbrella more widely and invites us to interrogate binaries and norms.
Every year St James’s takes a central role in the launch of the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition. As part of its ‘Varnishing Day’ celebrations artists and members of the Academy process from the RA to the church led by a steel band and representatives of St James’s. Creative Director Richard Parry reflects on the history and resonance of this fascinating and unique tradition that plays a prominent role in both institutions’ calendars.
In the latest of our occasional Earth Justice blog posts, Alice Codner offers a challenge to the idea of ‘creation care’.
Ben Bloom, coordinator of our LGBTQ+ Group ‘Pride of St James’s’, talks about the importance for Queer spaces in church.
Samuel Isaac, host of Soho Service at Soho Radio, is joined by Revd Dr Ayla Lepine as she takes us through three of her favourite pieces of art and music and discusses the importance of art in our national conversation.
Hear from Ivan Khovacs as he asks ‘Can we find God the Holy Spirit in a gentle rain, or in a storm in the middle of the ocean, or in the freedom of jazz?!’
Listen to Lucy’s ‘Thought for the Day’ on BBC Radio 4 which was broadcast on Tuesday 7 June 2022, in which she reflects on the Leadership.
