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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 8 November 2026
IS THIS THE END?
There is a big thing on people’s minds at the moment. It is AI (Artificial Intelligence). People are getting very worried that this might be the thing that tips the world towards it’s end or at least, changes our lives so radically that we might long for the end!
When the very people creating AI are saying it might eventually end humanity, that is worrying!
In these last weeks of the church year, we hear Jesus speaking much about the end. So, with Jesus, we ponder the possible impact of AI and God’s promised end of the world and our place in his new world already begun by the death and resurrection of Jesus who now rules the world and keeps his church.
I believe the Lord would have us take the fear and speculation about AI seriously and yet, hear what He says about how we face AI and the end.
Pastor Adrian
Latest Sermons
What’s the point of going to church anyway?
Sermon, Pentecost 14C, Sunday August 25th, 2013. Luke 13:10-17 For Rest and Freedom 10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, 11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a sp [Read More...]
Cloud Connected: Feeling the difference-Hearing the support
Sermon: 13th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday August 18, 2013, St Petri Hebrews 11:29 - 12:2 / Luke 12:49-56 49 “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I [Read More...]
The better country
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Always Will
Sermon: Pentecost 11C Sunday August 4, 2013, St Petri Always Will Hosea 11:1-11 View the media file “Always will” at the beginning of the sermon. “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of E [Read More...]
Not for bigger Barns – St Petri Directions Seminar Spiritual Focus Sunday August 4, 2013
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Choose Life – St Petri Directions Seminar Spiritual Focus Sunday July 28, 2013
St Petri Directions Day 1 Sunday July 28, 2013. Spiritual Focus - CHOOSE LIFE Today is a significant moment in the ongoing Journey God has put us in together. From my point of view today is the culmin [Read More...]