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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.
Come and celebrate the hope and light that Christmas brings each winter
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 creative 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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Wednesday 15 January 6.30pm
As part of St James’s earth justice work, Dr Rita Nakashima-Brock and Dr Susan Diamond will be in conversation with Deborah Colvin about what religious communities can do to help people recover and to sustain efforts to respond to climate change in relation to the concept of moral injury.
The Revd Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock is Senior Vice President for Moral Injury Recovery Programs at Volunteers of America, a social service non-profit founded in 1896 that provides transitional and affordable housing for veterans, families, and seniors. She was a professor from 1978-1997 and directed the Radcliffe Fellowship Program at Harvard University from 1997-2001. She is author of numerous articles and books including Saving Paradise: Recovering Christianity’s Forgotten Love for This Earth (2012 in UK), and Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury After War (2012).
The Revd Dr. Susan Diamond is lead pastor of Florence Christian Church in Kentucky and former Moderator of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). In 2013, she organized one of the earliest conferences on moral injury focused on churches and universities in Montgomery, Alabama. Through her church and community work, she has trained and facilitated numerous Talking Circles for Soul Repair.
Moral injury results from unreconcilable moral conflicts because of harm we cause, fail to prevent, or experience from others that violate our core values and involves feelings such as guilt, remorse, shame, outrage, and sorrow. If unaddressed, it undermines relationships and leads to cynicism or despair. With the devastations and threats of climate change, many are experiencing moral injury. Dr. Brock and Dr. Diamond will explain what religious communities can do to help people recover and to sustain efforts to respond to climate change.
Find out more with their podcast, ‘Soul Repair’: Soul Repair | Podcast on Spotify
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