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 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 AdrianÂ
Latest Sermons
Joy……with interest.Â
Sermon , Pentecost 24thA, November 11th/15th 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11  Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, for you know very well that the day of the Lord w [Read More...]
Forever Changes Now
Sermon, Pentecost 23A Wed Nov 4/Sun Nov 8, 2020 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the [Read More...]
7 God Things
Sermon, All Saints Day, November 1, 2020, St Petri Revelation 7:9-17 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and langua [Read More...]
Thunderbolt in the Thunderbox!
Sermon, Reformation. Wed Oct 21/Sun Oct 25, 2020 Romans 3:19-28          19 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and t [Read More...]
Presence Crisis
Sermon, 20th A Pentecost, Wed October 14/Sun October 18, 2020 Exodus 33:1-3, 12-23 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land [Read More...]
Everyone Needs a Moses
Sermon , Pentecost 19th A, Sunday Wednesday October 7/Sunday October 11, 2020 Exodus 32:1-14 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered round Aaron and [Read More...]