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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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17 November – 8 December
For Disability History Month, St James’s Piccadilly has invited the artist and film-maker Nancy Willis to exhibit her work in the side chapel.
[Nancy Willis, With One Touch Her Spirit Soared, c.1994, Printed image on Perspex Original Gouache on Paper]
Featuring work that explores identity, gender, disability, creation and spirituality, Willis’s installation will be in the chapel from 17 November – 8 December, accompanying us on the journey into Advent and focusing in particular on images of Mary the Mother of God.
Willis’s work was also recently shown at the Women in Revolt exhibition at Tate Britain.
Susannah Morgan, a member of St James’s Disability and Accessibility Group (left) and Nancy Willis (right)
To learn more about Nancy Willis, click here.
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.
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