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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.
Thur 24 Oct 6.30pm
Fact, fiction, faith: AI in an uncertain world – a conversation with Jocelyn Burnham, and Dr Shauna Concannon.
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 cultural 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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Tue 8 Oct 7.30pm
As part of Black History Month, Monica Clarke will be in conversation with The Revd Dr Ayla Lepine about history, racial justice today, and the complexity and challenge of St James’s local parish history.
This conversation will be taking place after our Sanctuary service which starts at 6pm, you are welcome to join the service or just attend the talk.
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.
About the Book:
In 1810 Saartjie Baartman, a young lady in her early twenties, thinking that she was to become a nursery maid, was stowed away on a ship from South Africa to the UK by a British surgeon, who put her on display in a cage at Piccadilly Circus. He then sold her to a French animal keeper, and she died in Paris. For the first time after 200 years, Saartjie tells her story in her own words in this well researched book, which is written in story form.
About Monica:
A nurse, midwife, lawyer and underground activist against the Apartheid regime, Monica was granted political asylum in the UK, where she worked as a commercial lawyer and then as an Associate Director in the NHS. A historical ancestor of Saartjie Baartman, now retired and living in London, Monica continues to support the Black History curriculum through storytelling, particularly in schools.
