Hello friend!
Welcome to St Petri. We are glad you have found us. We are a local community of faith engaged in the mission to share the good news of the love and hope Jesus of Nazareth brings to life.
Pastor Adrian hosts two podcasts:
- Scenic Valley: short comments and reflections on things going on in the world and how they affect us.
- Spirited Word: sermons, bible teaching and reflection.
We hope you find good news in all that is on offer here.
We would love your comment and insights, and you can share those with Pastor Adrian here: pastor@stpetri.org.au.
Peace be with you.
Latest Scenic Valley Podcast
Conversations with Adrian Kitson on life, relationships, thought and faith when down in the valley and up in the hills.
How can we get better at coping with anger?
Latest Spirited Word Podcast
By God’s Word proclaimed, the Holy Spirit works faith in God’s grace in Jesus, when and where he pleases. Sermons by Pastor Adrian Kitson, Lutheran Church of Australia.
St Petri Lutheran Church, Nuriootpa, Barossa Valley, South Australia.
www.stpetri.org.au
Sunday 25 October 2026
REFORMATION SUNDAY
Everybody wants to be free. The people around Jesus wanted to be free; free from a lot of things – corruption, endless taxes to Rome, having to work so hard to scrape out a living to feed the family, constant derision for being Jewish …Â
We all want to be free. Free of trouble, conflict, fear, shame, loneliness, addiction, worry … The question is how do we be free, what makes us free and free from what?Â
Jesus confronts the religious elites in the city when he says that even they who are so diligent and detailed in their obedience to keeping all the rules of God’s law are still not free.Â
They immediately claim ancestral/racial assurance of their freedom. They are ‘Children of Abraham’, they say.Â
Jesus challenges that belief about what makes them free and what the real bondage is in their lives.Â
He might do the same for us today. I hope he does.Â
It took one little Augustinian monk in 16th century Germany to be enlightened and truly freed from the things that entangles all of us. He was a different person, as a result. God wrote a whole new story with his life – a story that is still being written on our hearts.Â
Pastor AdrianÂ
Latest Sermons
Sunday 11th October – Right Clothes – Pastor Adrian Kitson
Matthew 22: 1-14 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to those who had been [Read More...]
Sunday 4th October – A vineyard Song – Pastor Adrian Kitson
Isaiah 5:1-7 I will sing for the one I love     a song about his vineyard: my loved one had a vineyard     on a fertile hillside. 2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones     and planted it wit [Read More...]
Sunday 20th September – Gifts of God – Pastor Adrian Kitson
Ephesians 2:4-10 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved. 6 [Read More...]
Sunday 13th September – Standing Out – Pastor Adrian Kitson
Genesis 50:15-21 15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, ‘What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?’ 16 So they s [Read More...]
Sunday 6th September – From the Heart – Pastor Adrian Kitson
15 ‘If your brother or sister sins] go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16 But if they will not listen, take one or two ot [Read More...]
Sunday 9th August – Long Faith – Pastor Adrian Kitson
2 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by [Read More...]