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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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Lucy to provide intro
Wednesday 10 April 2024
Rooted
At the Eucharist we pray ‘all things come from you and of your own do we give you’. We live interdependently with all that lives on the earth and believe that at the heart of Creation is the presence of Christ. Creation-centred spirituality is at the heart of the sacramental life of the church and we pledge to act accordingly.
Just
At the Eucharist we are given a vision of the future where all are welcome, all are fed and no one is left behind. Helping to build a just society is at the heart of the sacramental life of the church and we pledge to act accordingly.
Creative
At the Eucharist we celebrate human creativity in making bread and wine which are then transformed by the generative presence of God. Expressing God-given human creativity is at the heart of the sacramental life of the church and we pledge to provoke, urge and encourage this creativity in all our endeavours.
Transformed
At the Eucharist we celebrate the transformational presence of God in the world where no one is left unchanged by their encounter with Christ. Expressing the hope of transformation in the world is at the heart of the sacramental life of the church and we pledge to play our part in the transformation of despair into hope, confinement to freedom, that all who are lost may be found.
Supported & Sustained
At the Eucharist there is more than enough for everyone. Expressing our commitment to support and sustain systems that ensure everyone has a place at the table is at the heart of the sacramental life of the church. We pledge to plan effectively and steward resources carefully. Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
St James’s will work to achieve its Strategic Objectives through 5 Delivery Programmes (as shown below). Each programme ismanaged by an SMT Lead and additional oversight and support is provided by a PCC Champion. Each SMT Lead will assemble a Working Group to help to complete tasks, deliver outputs and achieve the outcomes directed under each objective within the programme.
Programme 1 – Voice & Community
SMT Lead: Lucy Winkett
PCC Champion: Helen-Claire Burt
Programme 2 – Faith, Earth & Social Justice Initiatives
SMT Lead: Ayla Lepine
PCC Champion: Claire Wright
Programme 3 – Culture & Diversity
PCC Champion: Alison Beck
Programme 4 – Transformation & Rebalancing
SMT Lead: Brian Willetts
PCC Champion: David Loyn
Programme 5 – Sustainability & Resilience
SMT Lead: Nick Thasarathar
PCC Champions: Ros Fane & Tracy Mckeever
