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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.
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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
A Father’s Blessing
SermonFather’s Day Sunday September 5, 2010A Father’s BlessingDeuteronomy 1:29-31, Ephesians 6:1-4, Luke 11:9-13Friends, on this Father’s Day I would like to do some talking straight to men. We need i [Read More...]
The Low Place
Sermon:Pentecost 14CSunday August 29, 2010.Ocean ForestProverbs 25:6-7/Luke 14:1, 7-14The Low placeA couple who were making wedding plans, and went to an expensive hotel to plan their reception - a di [Read More...]
A Sabbath Rest?
SermonPentecost 13CSunday August 22, 2010.Ocean ForestLuke 13: 10-17/ Isaiah 58:9b-14A Sabbath Rest?I wrote a short comment for the school newsletter this week on this whole thing of rest with family, [Read More...]
The straw and the wheat
SermonPentecost 11CSunday August 15, 2010.The straw and the wheatFire and HammerJeremiah 23:23-29As you probably know, I am a bit of a “culture watcher”. As I read various people’s comments on how thi [Read More...]
Asylum Seekers
SermonPentecost 11CSunday August 15, 2010Ocean ForestAsylum seekersHebrews 11:1-3, 8-16“Stop the boats” has become a central election slogan for both parties in this election campaign. That name “Asyl [Read More...]
To our “turned off church” community…
I read this Open Letter by Ron Rolheiser, a Romans Catholic writer, priest and commentator, and wondered if it might be what we would like to say to many people in our own community of Ocean Forest?An [Read More...]