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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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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
Weekdays at 8.30am
Morning Prayer is said in the side chapel each weekday at 8.30am, lasting 30 minutes.
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Thur and Fri at 12noon
A chance to gather, share some silence, share some reflections.
Thur at 1.10pm
Simple Eucharist in the side chapel
Thurs 5 Dec 6.30pm on Zoom
In her new Advent book and as part of Disability History Month, ‘Do Not Be Afraid’, Rachel Mann offers a deep and engaging dive into that almost universal phenomenon, ‘waiting’, and wonders if – among its frustrations and irritations – there is gift and grace to be found.
First 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.
Fri 6 Dec 1.10pm
Jack Myles, Miguel Zoco Sesma and tbc (tenor trombones), Cameron Bahmaie (bass trombone). The Funny Bones are a trombone quartet formed at the Royal Academy of Music, bonded over their mutual love of chamber music and the way it can be performed so uniquely through the trombone.
A space for prayer, readings and silence through Advent on Zoom
Sat 7 Dec 1.10pm
Joyful popular carols for everyone. Sing along with St James’s Music Scholars and brass players.
Saturday 7 December 7.30pm
For one night only, come and join billion-streaming pianist and composer Helen Jane Long performing live with The London String Players.
Sundays at 11am
Our main weekly gathering, with music and a warm welcome.
Sun 8 Dec 3pm
A reflective service of music and readings for all who find this time of year difficult.
Sun 8 Dec 7pm
This wonderous concert will include vocal and instrumental music from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Mondays 6.30pm – 7.30pm on Zoom
A new drop-in Bible study series focusing on trees in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.
Tues from 6pm
From 26 November to 17 December the Sanctuary service will be held at our partner church St Pancras, Euston Road.
Wednesday 11 December 1.10pm
Elise Jasmine Hills was born in the United Kingdom in 2001 and began playing the piano at the age of six, entirely self-taught, until she reached 17.
Second Wednesday of the month, 8-9pm on zoom.
A space for prayer, readings and silence.
