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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.
Thur 24 Oct 6.30pm
Fact, fiction, faith: AI in an uncertain world – a conversation with Jocelyn Burnham, and Dr Shauna Concannon.
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 cultural 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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Known as the artists’ church, St James’s has been a spiritual home for many artists and has strong links to its Piccadilly neighbour, the Royal Academy of Arts. The church was bombed during the Second World War and the survival of many of its artworks is remarkable.
From Clinton Chaloner’s candlestand inspired by the earth’s first lifeforms and a recent quartet of paintings by Che Lovelace celebrating and honouring the abolitionist and theologian Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, to the renowned Grinling Gibbons reredos and font (in which William Blake and Cugoano were both baptised), St James’s welcomes visitors of all faiths and none, to enjoy its architecture and artworks.
The art collection at St James’s ranges from the 17th to the 21st century, and includes paintings, sculptures in wood and marble, metalwork, stained glass, and both historic and contemporary work, both within the church and in the garden.