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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
Sunday 4 January 6pm
Join us for an intimate evening of music for Epiphany, as voices trace the journey of light and wonder through the winter night.
Wednesday 4 – 7 February 7.30pm
Baroque and roll meets gospel and soul in a funny, heart breaking and ultimately joyous new musical about two musical icons.
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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St James’s is a welcoming and inclusive Church of England church in the heart of London. As well as being a house of prayer, it strives to be a place of imagination, courage and hope, building community with people of all faiths and none. It is a place where everyone can reflect, belong, create and debate. Join us for daily services and a varied creative programme.
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.
St James’s create a weekly congregational email newsletter and a monthly What’s on about our Creative Programme.
Morning Prayer is said in the side chapel Mon, Tues, Thur & Fri 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.
Held each Thursday from 1.10pm-1.40pm in church.
Friday 9 January 1.10pm
Leila Hooton is a freelance flautist/piccolo player. She graduated from the College with a Masters in Performance in July 2024.
Saturday 10 January 11am
A brilliant flute-piano duo shares reimagined works in a relaxed, all-ages recital with warm storytelling and an inviting atmosphere.
Saturday 10 January 12.30pm
A brilliant flute-piano duo shares reimagined masterpieces in an engaging recital enriched with storytelling and an inviting atmosphere.
Everyone is welcome to join our bi-monthly Theological Reading Group. We will be coming together on a Sunday to illuminate scripture through a selection of texts that span a breadth of history and textual types. There will be a theme for each session and collection of texts.
Sunday 11 January 3pm
A reflective service using the traditional language of the Book of Common Prayer.
Each week, a member of the congregation, community or clergy writes on a contemporary topic that resonates with the mission and values of St James’s.
Ayla reflects on shared worship and deepening bonds between St James’s and St. Bart’s New York, celebrating Epiphany, mutual prayer, and Anglican communities united in hope and love across the ocean.
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a creative programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
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.
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.
St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature. Rooted in loving the world and all its inhabitants (human and other-than-human), the community seeks to act from a place of environmental interconnectedness in services, events, and activism.
This is a church that yearns for liberation, in solidarity with people experiencing homelessness, living on low incomes, going through the asylum system, and living with fragile mental or physical health.
‘St James’s is not just a building, it’s an idea and an invitation. The idea is that creativity is in itself a language of the human spirit.’ The Revd Lucy Winkett
