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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.
Sunday 6 April 6.30pm St Pancras Church
Join the music scholars of St James’s, Piccadilly as they celebrate women composers throughout the ages.
Wednesday 16 April 6:30pm
In this special collaboration for Holy Week, St James’s Piccadilly brings together the music of composer Rachel Chaplin and spoken word presented by The Revd Lucy Winkett.
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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Sun 22 Dec 8pm
Enjoy a candlelit concert in the run-up to Christmas with a selection from Handel’s masterpiece, The Messiah.
St James’s aspires to be a place where all can belong, and where every person’s gifts and identities are welcome and celebrated. We are working to improve the experience at St James’s in the church building and the online community. We have step-free access from the courtyard to the church, and a toilet for disabled people. The courtyard and Redemption Roasters coffee shop are wheelchair accessible.
Featuring The Piccadilly Sinfonietta Susan Parkes (Soprano) and other operatic soloist to be announced.
Programme
Handel – A selection of highlights from The Messiah
Come and celebrate the hope and light that Christmas brings each winter
Thur and Fri at 12noon
A chance to gather, share some silence, share some reflections.
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During the South Door restoration works, Daytime Prayer is said in the church on Mon, Tue, Fri at 1pm, lasting 30 minutes. There will also be a short Eucharist service each Wed & Thurs at 1pm.
Friday 16 February – Friday 22 March at 6pm on Zoom A space for prayer, readings and silence through Lent. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. All welcome to join for one or all sessions.
Saturday 22 March 9am
Our first SJP Walking Boots walk for this year will take place on Saturday 22 March, led by Ruth and Justin.
Sundays at 11am
Our main weekly gathering, with music and a warm welcome.
4th Sunday of every month at 9.45am.
Join our eco-contemplative liturgy outdoors in the Southwood garden and on Zoom.
Sun 23 March 1-2pm in church Sun 30 March 1-2pm in the church hall Sun 6 April, 6-7pm on Zoom
Tuesday 18 February from 6pm
The Sanctuary service will be held at our partner church St Pancras, Euston Road for the first part of the year.
Saturday 29 March, 7-8pm on Zoom
Join the clergy of St James’s Piccadilly and St Bart’s New York for a shared conversation about our Holy Week services.
Wednesday 2 April 1.10pm
Felicia Toni is a second-year master’s student in solo piano in the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, studying with Peter Bithell, Sam Armstrong, and Laura Roberts.
Thursday 3 April, 6.30-7.30pm, Zoom
Join a panel of experts in architecture and heritage for an evening of conversation inspired by the South Door Project at St James’s Piccadilly.
Second Thursday each month, 7.30-8.30pm on Zoom
Deep Abiding Prayer is a healing prayer of the heart and of the Spirit. Its sources are in the Bible and in the Christian Contemplative tradition.
Friday 4 April 1.10pm
Paul Mnatsakanov is an emerging young American- Russian pianist, historical keyboardist and collaborative pianist/répétiteur.
Friday 4 April 7.30pm
Participants and Alumni of the New Virtuosi International Violin Mastercourse, Oxford, 2025
Saturday 5 April 1.10pm
Born in the city of Shumen, Bulgaria, Birsen Ulucan started learning the piano at the age of seven. In 1984 she was admitted to the piano class of Ekaterina Tszetkova at the Dobri Hristov Music School in Varna.
Saturday 5 April 7.30pm
One of Rossini’s most celebrated and enduring works, the Petite Messe Solennelle is neither small nor solemn; rather, it brims with exuberance and flair.
