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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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‘The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be… Jesus Christ, was an extremist for love, truth and goodness.’ – Martin Luther King Jr 1929-1968
Here are recordings of some sermons and you can find many more on our YouTube channel in the Sermons playlist.
Feast of Epiphany Sermon with The Revd Dr Ayla Lepine
First Sunday of Christmas Sermon with Revd Daniel Norris
Fourth Sunday of Advent Sermon with Chine McDonald
Third Sunday of Advent Sermon with the Revd Daniel Norris
Second Sunday of Advent Sermon with The Revd Ivan Khovacs
Advent Sunday Sermon with The Revd Lucy Winkett
Christ the King Sermon with the Revd Lucy Winkett
250th anniversary of the baptism of Quobna Ottobah Cugoano when a new commemorative plaque was dedicated. Guest preacher, the Bishop of Croydon, the Rt Revd Rosemarie Mallett.
On Tuesday 7 June 2022, we held a special Sanctuary Eucharist to mark the re-launch of St James’s LGBTQ+ Group called ‘Pride of St James’s’.
On the Feast of Christ the King 2021, Jo spoke to us on the topic of the spirituality of giving.
On Trinity 20, our guest preacher was Rosemarie Davidson-Gotobed, the National Minority Ethnic Vocations Officer for the Church of England.
In June 2020, our online guest preacher was Azariah France-Williams, author of Ghost Ship: Institutional Racism and the Church of England.
