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Leaving Rowan

As Lia Shimada prepares to leave London after 19 years, moving to Oregon with her family, she reflects on the profound impact of her son Rowan’s brief life and burial at Brompton Cemetery.

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Climate and Nature Bill

St James’s is supporting Zero Hour, the campaign for the Climate and Nature Bill, a plan for a new UK law that addresses climate change, global warming, and the nature crisis in line with the most up-to-date science.

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Mariama Ifode-Blease
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Thought for the Week – Motivations

Associate Priest, Mariama Ifode-Blease, explores how time and our motivations shape our knowing of God.

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St James’s Changemakers Programme

St James’s Changemaker Programme is at the heart of our plans for The Wren Project. It’s launching in 2024, as an innovative and imaginative programme for young leaders in the fields of music, environment, civil society, business and the arts.

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World famous musician was our organist

Ray Crocker, St James’s congregation historian, tells us more about Leopold Stokowski, a prodigiously talented musician who began his career at St James’s Piccadilly.

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Thought for the Week – Breaking teapots, keeping calm, and moving on

Ivan Khovacs reflects on the human experience of failure, personal responsibility, and communal repentance.

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Sacred Visions: Blake and First Nations Peoples

Changing Our Minds, the recent series of Conversations with North American and Australian speakers, proved a rich and challenging experience. Diane Pacitti was struck by the similarities between the vision of indigenous peoples and that of William Blake, our own artist-poet and prophet, baptised in St James’s in 1757.

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Southwood Garden awarded Green Flag

Catherine Tidnam celebrates St James’s garden receiving the Green Flag Award for 2024/25, reflecting on the importance of accessibility, biodiversity, and sustainable practices, and highlights the transformative experience of showcasing their garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.

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