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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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The Queen reaches the remarkable milestone of 70 years as monarch on Saturday. To mark the occasion St James’s has put together a programme to welcome visitors and invite them to participate in our activity and take a minute to reflect on this momentous occasion.
On the Saturday we will be holding a special version of FEAST, our weekly meal welcoming those currently experiencing homelessness. Baked goods and other offerings will be available – all are welcome and those able to are encouraged to donate in cover the cost of people who cannot. Food will be available from the courtyard between 12 and 4pm and we are delighted that our very own Alison Beck will be leading a jazz trio to accompany those tucking in.
Alongside this we shall be opening a new exhibition by the artist Lolly Batty. Batty has been making artworks that involve the geometric arrangement of stamps on envelopes for the past ten years. She has produced over 500 and a selection of these will be reprinted and shown on two poster boards on Jermyn Street – the site of an official Jubilee Street Party, as well as on postcards that will be available from inside the church. The exhibition highlights the lasting presence of the Queen’s image as a constant in people’s everyday lives over the years and decades.
On the Sunday, the church celebrates the major feast of Pentecost, which marks the arrival of the Holy Spirit to inspire the apostles after the heady events of Holy Week and Easter. The Sunday service will therefore be a celebration of this festival and Mariama will reflect on this in her sermon. Prayers will be said for The Queen on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee in the service too.
Image: Lolly Batty, Philatelic Items, courtesy the artist
