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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
Thursday 25 December 11am
Celebrate the birth of Christ with choral music and carols. Everyone’s welcome to join our Christmas lunch with all the trimmings, after the service.
These stained glass paintings explore Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth, drawing from the first chapter of Luke. In this encounter, Elizabeth—elderly and pregnant with John the Baptist—embodies the assurance that “with God nothing shall be impossible.”
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 aim to be a place where you can belong. We have a unique history, and the beauty of our building is widely known. Our community commits to faith in action: social and environmental justice; creativity. and the arts
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 £5,000 each day to keep the doors of St James’s open to all who already need us.
A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacity—all fully accessible— will provide beautiful spaces for all as well as improving our environmental performance.
Whether shooting a blockbuster TV series or creating a unique corporate event, every hire at St James’s helps our works within the community.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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December – 5 January 2026
The Visitation, Mixed Media, 2025
These stained glass paintings explore Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth, drawing from the first chapter of Luke. In this encounter, Elizabeth—elderly and pregnant with John the Baptist—embodies the assurance that “with God nothing shall be impossible.” Mary’s ensuing song reveals a God whose power first stirs within the imagination, who hears the call of the afflicted and enters into co-creation to renew the world. Her proclamation resounds as a vision of justice and divine reversal, an upturning of power in favour of the humble. With her, we too might say, “my spirit rejoices in God.”
Bio:
Bokani is a Zimbabwean-born artist , who lives and works in London.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Politics with Economics from the University of Bath, and a Masters in Computational Art from Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Bokani uses vibrant colours to dematerialise familiar objects, revealing them anew to spark conversations about hidden power dynamics. Her stained glass mirrors disrupt conventional perspectives of the viewer, confronting them with themselves, whilst making ephemeral light inventions on the space. Her practice explores questions of unstable and paradoxical identity, sanctity and liberation. Bokani received her first solo museum exhibition in Bulawayo at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in 2023.
www.artbybokani.com Instagram: @bokani
