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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
Saturday 23 May
A walk over spectacular Surrey heathland from Haslemere to Witley station – about 9 miles – with lunch surrounded by a paddock of horses.
Monday’s 1 June – 27 July, 6.30-7.30pm on Zoom
A new online weekly Bible series co-hosted by The Revd Lucy Winkett and The Revd Dr Ayla Lepine will explore stories of pilgrimage throughout Scripture.
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 aim to be a place where you can belong. We have a unique history, and the beauty of our building is widely known. Our community commits to faith in action: social and environmental justice; creativity. and the arts
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 £5,000 each day to keep the doors of St James’s open to all who already need us.
A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacity—all fully accessible— will provide beautiful spaces for all as well as improving our environmental performance.
Whether shooting a blockbuster TV series or creating a unique corporate event, every hire at St James’s helps our works within the community.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Tuesday 9 June 8pm
A wonderful free choral performance by this talented youth choir from San Francisco opening the performance The Singing Scholars of St James’s.
Don’t miss this beautiful FREE choral concert in the stunning setting of St James’s Piccadilly, the historic church designed by Sir Christopher Wren. This talented young choir from California will present an inspiring programme of a cappella and accompanied works. The evening will open with performances by St James’s Music Scholars.
ACAPELLA Agnus Dei- Kristina Vasiliauskaite (2:00) Locus Iste- Anton Bruckner (3:00) Jubilate Deo- Laszlo Halmos (2:15) Christus Factus Est- Bruckner (5:00) Salve Regina- David Childs (5:30) Ave Maris Stella – Javier Busto (4:00) I’m Gonna Sing Til’ The Spirit- Moses Hogan (3:00) ACCOMPANIED Dixit Dominus- Mariana Martines (4:30) Jubilate Deo- Peter Anglea (2:15) Sing a Mighty Song- Daniel Gawthrop (5:30)
The Bay Area Cantate is comprised of 36 students from the award-winning Monte Vista Choir program in Danville, California. This high school ensemble most recently traveled to Italy in the summer of 2024 and performed in acclaimed venues including St. Paul’s Cathedral. Other notable performances include concerts at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Carnegie Hall in New York. Mrs. Rosalind Neisinger is the Director of Choirs at Monte Vista High School in Danville, CA, where she has been teaching for seven years. She received her undergraduate degrees in Music Education and English from UCLA, and her graduate degree in Music Education from San Jose State University. Alongside her position at the high school, Rosalind also directs an extracurricular middle school choir and an elementary choir in the Danville Girls Chorus.
St James Piccadilly Music Scholars and The Singing Scholars of St James’s, Piccadilly were etablished in 2021. Each year new scholars are appointed to lead the singing at choral church services. Throughout the year they develop as both choral and solo singers and every summer the group tours a region of the UK singing services in Cathedrals. Former scholars are now singing with the BBC Singers and as Lay Clarks at Southwark Cathedral and Cambridge Colleges, and studying on opera courses at leading conservatoires.
