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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.
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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 AdrianÂ
Latest Sermons
The Blame Game – 01/10/2017 – Pastor Noel Due
The blame game - Pastor Noel Due Sunday 1st October, 2017 Well good morning everyone. You look a long way away back there. I've often speculated that there must be some sort of Teflon coated human [Read More...]
Jesus Calling
Sermon: St Matthew’s Day, Sunday September 24, 2017, St Petri  Matthew 9:9-13 9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. ‘Follow me,’ he told him, [Read More...]
Unfair Grace
Sermon, 15th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday September 17, 2017  Matthew 20:1-16 ‘For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 He [Read More...]
From the Heart
Sermon, Pentecost 14A, Sunday September 10, 2017, St Petri Matthew 18:15-35 15 ‘If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you ha [Read More...]
Solid Rock – Rock Solid
Sermon, Pentecost 12A, Sunday September 3, 2017 St Petri. Pastor Adrian Kitson Matthew 16:21-28 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many t [Read More...]
Faith comes with keys
Sermon, Pentecost 14A, Sunday August 27th, 2017 St Petri Matthew 16:13-21 13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of Man is?’ 14 They [Read More...]