ST. PETER’S WEST ALLIS
Calendar of Services
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Solemn Liturgy of Ash Wednesday | Imposition of Ashes | Holy Eucharist
March 5th | 12:00 PM
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The Great Litany and Solemn Eucharist | First Sunday in Lent
March 9th | 9:30 AM
Saint Peter’s Schola, Hymns and Organ Music -
Solemn Eucharist | Second Sunday in Lent
March 16 at 9:30 AM
Saint Peter’s Schola, Hymns and Organ Music -
Solemn Eucharist | Third Sunday in Lent
March 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Saint Peter’s Schola, Hymns and Organ Music -
Solemn Eucharist | Fourth Sunday in Lent
March 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Saint Peter’s Schola, Hymns and Organ Music
Come and Meet Our Team
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The Reverend Nigel J. Bousfield
Priest
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Steve Elliott
Senior Warden/Treasurer
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David Bahrke
Director of Music, Organist
“Fruits of the Vine”
Weekly Community Meal. Saturdays at 11:00am Weekly Food Pantry or by Appt.
All meals are cooked fresh on site and served as carry-out.
All pantry requests are filled on site, based upon inventory, served as carry-out.
"Fruits of the Vine" Feeding Program will continue to evolve and branch out to better reduce hunger.
"Fruits of the Vine" Feeding Program has spiritual and temporal underpinnings.
" I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit." Longtime Diocese of Milwaukee Deacon Walter Vine did just that - abiding in Jesus, branching out to neighbors in need, and providing them both physical sustenance and spiritual nourishment.
“Fruits of the Vine" pays tribute not only to our Lord and Savior, but to His productive branch, Deacon Walter Vine, who bore much fruit before his passing in 2020.
St. Peter's Episcopal Church has been a rock in West Allis for over 135 years.
Our mission is to pursue peace in the world. Peace reigns when justice is present. Justice isn’t earned; it’s a basic right of all members of humanity – strangers and pilgrims, poor and indigent, dispirited and distressed, ill and infirm. We believe great care and concern is to be given to those who are troubled because in them more particularly is Jesus received.
If you are visiting us just for today, enjoy some conversation and coffee and may God remain by your side on your journey. If you are seeking a church home, welcome into our parish family. You're among friends.
God calls us all into a unifying Communion. In a world that grows ever more divisive and judgmental, we believe we are called to be tolerant and quick to forgive. We seek to better understand one another. We appreciate that individuals view the world through many different lenses. We aren't a "right/wrong" community. We are a "both/rather" community.
We act humbly. We understand that the Church is less a haven for saints than a hospital for all others. God freely offers us his Grace, empowering us to forgive and love one another.
We're thinking people. We believe in human reason. God has given us the gift of intellectual inquiry and expects us to develop that gift. We have more unanswered questions than answers. We have doubts, but we also have faith, believing that some things are meant to be revealed at a later date. And some things are meant to be beyond our grasp and remain a mystery.
We worship formally and informally. It prepares us for action in our community - feeding the hungry, modeling tolerance, expressing compassion, and practicing forgiveness with those we encounter each day.
God sets the table and – All Are Welcome. Come join us.
Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church: Pipe Organ and Grand Piano
Hinners Pipe Organ
The historic Saint Peter’s Church pipe organ was built by the Hinners Organ Company of Pekin, IL, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Hinners was one of the first American businesses to utilize direct mail order for instruments. This process involved design, customization, and financing. The organ would be shipped to the customer by rail or steamboat, and a Hinners Company employee would conduct the onsite installation. John Hinners established the mail-order business model based on his early experiences as a church musician in small towns. He developed a business philosophy aimed at helping these communities gain better access to high-quality instruments.
Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, originally located at 2058 N 33rd/3223 W Lloyd Streets in Milwaukee, acquired the Hinners organ. The church was dedicated in November 1898 and became a separate parish within the Episcopal Diocese in September 1903. In the mid-1990s, both the congregation and the pipe organ relocated to a new site at 3417 W Lisbon Avenue, where they were closed by the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee between 2005 and 2006. The Hinners pipe organ was transferred to Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church and installed by the late Richard Crane. At that time, the organ was expanded to include 18 ranks (sets) of pipes, played by two manual keyboards and a pedal board. The organ features mechanical key action and stops with wooden linkages directly controlled by the organist’s fingers and feet while playing the manual keyboards and pedal board. The pipes produce a musical tone from air supplied by an electric fan blower and a wind reservoir (bellows).
1998 Yamaha C1 Grand Piano
In 2025, Saint Peter’s Church received a grand piano for its music ministry, replacing an outdated digital piano and amplification system from the 1980s. This piano was crafted in Japan at Yamaha’s premier factory in Hamamatsu, where the company produces its finest instruments, including the nine-foot CFX concert grand. It accommodates a diverse range of sacred music, incorporating piano literature, congregational songs, choir accompaniments, and organ-piano duets.
Together with the excellent acoustics of the church sanctuary, the piano offers an inviting performance and rehearsal venue for community musicians, music students, and music ensembles.
