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
Good news for non-performers
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No Deal! Only Faith.
Sermon, Wednesday October 2/Sunday October 4, 2020 Pentecost 18th A. Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 And God spoke all these words: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of [Read More...]
Scenic Valley – Boring ourselves to death?
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Go to Scenic Valley Podcast to listen..... Lots of people seem to be pondering what COVID has done to us and what shape it will leave us in. I read something this week t [Read More...]
Scenic Valley Podcast – All Dads Matter
I been given cause to reflect on Fathers this Father's Day from a different angle. It was from within the Black Lives Matter movement that has been renewed since the death of George Floyd. John Ande [Read More...]
Irrevocable
Sermon, Pentecost 11thA, Wed/Sun August 16, 2020 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 I ask then: did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin [Read More...]
Mission Heartache to Hope
Sermon , Pentecost 10thA, Wednesday 5th and Sunday 9th August , St Petri Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify ab [Read More...]