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 26th April – Solid Chaos – Pastor Adrian Kitson
Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the break [Read More...]
Sunday 19th April – Thankful One – Pastor Adrian Kitson
Luke 17:11-19, 11Â Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus travelled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12Â As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy[a] met him. They stood a [Read More...]
Sunday 12th April – He meets us where we are – Pastor Noel Due
1 Peter 1:3-9 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, [Read More...]
Sunday 5th April – Easter Sunday – The Servant Lives – Pastor Adrian Kitson
Isaiah 26:12-13, 19 12 Lord, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us. 13 Lord our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do [Read More...]
Friday 3rd April – Good Friday – Pastor Adrian Kitson
25 It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. 26 The written notice of the charge against him read: the king of the jews. 27 They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and o [Read More...]
Thursday 2nd April – Maundy Thursday – Pastor Adrian Kitson
3Â Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;Â 4Â so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped [Read More...]