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Thursday 1 October, 1.10pm: Prayer in the Middle of the Day will be held instead of the usual Eucharist.</span> 163 <span class="show-for-small-only">Service changes Wednesday 30 September, 8.30am: Morning Prayer will be held instead of the usual Eucharist. 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267<a href="https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/music-for-all-saints-and-all-souls/"><img width="370" height="235" src="https://www.sjp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IJP-17-6-26-SJP-0091-768x512-1-370x235.jpg" class="menu-thumb-image" alt="" decoding="async" /><h3 class="menu-section-head">Music for All Saints and All Souls</h3><div class="details"><p><strong>Tuesday 27 October 7pm</strong></p> 268<p>World renowned choir The Sixteen perform some of the finest choral music of the Portuguese and English Renaissance.</p> 269</div></a></div> </div> 270 </div> 271 </div> 272 </li><li class="" data-accentcolor="has-primary-accent-color"><a class="top-level" href="#">What we do</a> <div class="maybe-ul menu-child-items "> 273 <div class="menu-child-content has-primary-background-color"> 274 <div class="grid-container"> 275 276 277<div class="grid-x grid-margin-x"> 278 <div class="panel cell small-12 medium-12 large-4"> 279 <h2>What we do</h2> 280 </div> 281 282 <div class="panel cell auto"> 283 <div class="menu-intro"> 284 <p>St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.</p> 285 </div> 286 </div> 287 288 </div> 289 290 291 <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x"> 292 293 294 295 296 297 298<div class="panel cell image-cta medium-3 "><a href="/welcome-to-st-jamess/"><img width="370" height="235" src="https://www.sjp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_4968-370x235.jpeg" class="menu-thumb-image" alt="" decoding="async" /><h3 class="menu-section-head">Spiritual life</h3><div class="details"><p>St Jamesâs 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.</p> 299</div></a></div><div class="panel cell image-cta medium-3 "><a href="/st-jamess-creative-programme/"><img width="370" height="235" src="https://www.sjp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/stjames_0309_daytime_event14-370x235.jpg" class="menu-thumb-image" alt="" decoding="async" /><h3 class="menu-section-head">Creative programme</h3><div class="details"><p>We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.</p> 300</div></a></div><div class="panel cell image-cta medium-3 "><a href="/social-justice/"><img width="370" height="235" src="https://www.sjp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_7599-scaled-e1746542870402-370x235.jpeg" class="menu-thumb-image" alt="" decoding="async" /><h3 class="menu-section-head">Social justice</h3><div class="details"><p>We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.</p> 301</div></a></div><div class="panel cell image-cta medium-3 "><a href="https://earthjustice.sjp.org.uk/"><img width="370" height="235" src="https://www.sjp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Part-of-the-SJP-group-on-the-way-to-Westminster-on-23-April-370x235.jpg" class="menu-thumb-image" alt="" decoding="async" /><h3 class="menu-section-head">Earth justice</h3><div class="details"><p>St Jamesâs strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature.</p> 302</div></a></div> </div> 303 </div> 304 </div> 305 </li><li class="" data-accentcolor="has-primary-accent-color"><a class="top-level" href="/welcome-to-st-jamess/">About us</a> <div class="maybe-ul menu-child-items "> 306 <div class="menu-child-content has-primary-background-color"> 307 <div class="grid-container"> 308 309 310<div class="grid-x grid-margin-x"> 311 <div class="panel cell small-12 medium-12 large-4"> 312 <h2>About us</h2> 313 </div> 314 315 <div class="panel cell auto"> 316 <div class="menu-intro"> 317 <p>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</p> 318 </div> 319 </div> 320 321 </div> 322 323 324 <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x"> 325 <div class="panel cell image-cta medium-4 "><a href="https://www.sjp.org.uk/our-values/"><img width="370" height="235" src="https://www.sjp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_3044-370x235.png" class="menu-thumb-image" alt="" decoding="async" /><h3 class="menu-section-head">Our values</h3><div class="details"><p>We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.</p> 326</div></a></div><div class="panel cell auto"><ul class="menu vertical not-expanded details small-basic-links"> 327 <li class=""><a href="/visit-us/" >Visit us</a></li> 328 329 330 331 <li class=""><a href="/whos-who/" >Who's who</a></li> 332 333 334 335 <li class=""><a href="/jobs/" >Vacancies</a></li> 336 337 338 339 <li class=""><a href="/safeguarding/" >Safeguarding</a></li> 340 341 342 343 <li class=""><a href="https://www.sjp.org.uk/governance/" >Governance</a></li> 344 345 346 347 <li class=""><a href="/sustainability/" >Sustainability</a></li> 348 349 350 351 </ul></div><div class="panel cell auto"><ul class="menu vertical not-expanded details small-basic-links"> 352 <li class=""><a href="https://www.sjp.org.uk/history/" >Explore our history</a></li> 353 354 355 356 <li class=""><a href="https://www.sjp.org.uk/venue-hire/" >Venue hire</a></li> 357 358 359 360 <li class=""><a href="https://www.sjp.org.uk/volunteer-with-us/" >Volunteer</a></li> 361 362 363 364 <li class=""><a href="https://www.sjp.org.uk/accessing-outreach-services/" >Accessing Outreach Services</a></li> 365 366 367 368 <li class=""><a href="/keep-in-touch/" >Latest Newsletter</a></li> 369 370 371 372 <li class=""><a href="/news-media/" >News and Views</a></li> 373 374 375 376 </ul></div> </div> 377 </div> 378 </div> 379 </li><li class="" data-accentcolor="has-primary-accent-color"><a class="top-level" href="/wren-project/">The Wren Project</a></li><li class="" data-accentcolor="has-primary-accent-color"><a class="top-level" href="/ways-to-donate/">Support us</a> <div class="maybe-ul menu-child-items "> 380 <div class="menu-child-content has-primary-background-color"> 381 <div class="grid-container"> 382 383 384<div class="grid-x grid-margin-x"> 385 <div class="panel cell small-12 medium-12 large-4"> 386 <h2>Support us</h2> 387 </div> 388 389 <div class="panel cell auto"> 390 <div class="menu-intro"> 391 <p>St Jamesâs 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.</p> 392 </div> 393 </div> 394 395 </div> 396 397 398 <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x"> 399 <div class="panel cell image-cta medium-3 "><a href="https://app.donorfy.com/form/9R26B0VDA8/Donate"><img width="370" height="235" src="https://www.sjp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/MG_0173-370x235.jpg" class="menu-thumb-image" alt="" decoding="async" /><h3 class="menu-section-head">Your donation, your passion</h3><div class="details"><p>It costs £5,000 each day to keep the doors of St Jamesâs open to all who already need us.</p> 400</div></a></div><div class="panel cell image-cta medium-3 "><a href="https://www.sjp.org.uk/wren-project/"><img width="370" height="235" src="https://www.sjp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/0931-SK-IngPin-StJames-006-370x235.jpeg" class="menu-thumb-image" alt="" decoding="async" /><h3 class="menu-section-head">The Wren Project</h3><div class="details"><p>A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacityâall fully accessibleâ will provide beautiful space
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503<a href="https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/music-for-all-saints-and-all-souls/"><img width="370" height="235" src="https://www.sjp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IJP-17-6-26-SJP-0091-768x512-1-370x235.jpg" class="menu-thumb-image" alt="" decoding="async" /><h3 class="menu-section-head">Music for All Saints and All Souls</h3><div class="details"><p><strong>Tuesday 27 October 7pm</strong></p> 504<p>World renowned choir The Sixteen perform some of the finest choral music of the Portuguese and English Renaissance.</p> 505</div></a></div> 506 507 508 509 510 <a class="menu-top" href="#top-submenu-1">Back to top</a> 511 </div> 512 513 514 515 </div> 516 517 518 <li class="" data-accentcolor="has-primary-accent-color"><a class="top-level has-children" href="#">What we do</a> 519 520 <div class="mobile-nested-menu-content"> 521 522 523 <button class="close-drill" aria-label="close sub-menu"></button> 524 525 <div class="mobile-nested-menu-content-inner"> 526 <a id="top-submenu-2"></a> 527 <button class="close-drill-button">Back</button> 528 529 <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x"> 530 <div class="panel cell small-12 medium-12 large-12"> 531 532 <h2>What we do</h2> 533 534 535 <div class="menu-intro"> 536 <p>St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.</p> 537 </div> 538 539 540 541 </div> 542 </div> 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550<div class="panel cell image-cta medium-3 "><a href="/welcome-to-st-jamess/"><img width="370" height="235" src="https://www.sjp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_4968-370x235.jpeg" class="menu-thumb-image" alt="" decoding="async" /><h3 class="menu-section-head">Spiritual life</h3><div class="details"><p>St Jamesâs is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. 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We have a unique history, and the beauty of our building is widely known. 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