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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 AdrianÂ
Latest Sermons
Prayers of the People
Sermon, Pentecost 15th C, Sunday September 22, 2019. 1 Timothy 2:1-7 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people – 2 for kings and all tho [Read More...]
Patience
Sermon , Pentecost 14th C, Sunday September 15, 2019 1 Timothy 1:12-17  12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. 1 [Read More...]
Faith is meant for Love
Sermon , Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18), Year C This Faith is Meant to Love Philemon 1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and fell [Read More...]
A New Kind Of Father – Pastor Graham Harms
Fathers Day Message - Luke 15:11-32 Sunday 1st September  A new kind of father - Pastor Graham Harms The Parable of the Lost Son 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The young [Read More...]
Church: Shaken and Stirred
Sermon, Pentecost 11th C, Sunday August 25, 2019, St Petri Hebrews 12:18-29 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; to a trumpe [Read More...]
On Track
Sermon, 10th Pentecost, Sunday August 18, 2019 St Petri Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned. By [Read More...]