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 4 October 2026
We started the year listening to the prophet Isaiah. He pops up again this morning. In his expansive poem of poems there are little gems that have become famous for their imagery and artistry. These have shaped the way these first witnesses of the promised Servant King, Jesus of Nazareth, have passed on the story.Â
We come across the well-known little ‘Song of the Vineyard’ today.Â
It is well known for its poetic imagery. It is also well known for its truth telling.Â
Isaiah had to work hard to get through to God’s people.Â
As is the case for all the prophets God ever sent, and even for his own Son, most people do not listen to what God speaks. So, Isaiah, like the others, and like Jesus would do, uses imagery and forming of words to try and cut through the noise to speak God’s truth so that people may be set free from all that they willingly allow to bind them, blind them and deafen them to God’s promise and power in their lives.Â
This little song is an attempt to draw the hearer into God’s beauty and grace so that truthful words about terrible lack of trust and its accompanying terrible behaviour can be halted and grace and freedom in God’s care found.Â
I am not sure where you are at this particular day: grafted into the vine and knowing his promises and belonging to him and his community or feeling outside or disconnected or unsure of where you belong and who you are.Â
The song will draw you in. The truth about you, and then the beautiful truth about the patience, grace and hopefulness of the Lord for you will come.Â
Pastor AdrianÂ
Latest Sermons
Sunday 16th November – Work: Wasting time until the end?
6 My dear friends, in the name of the Lord Jesus, I beg you not to have anything to do with any of your people who loaf around and refuse to obey the instructions we gave you. 7 You surely kno [Read More...]
Sunday 9th November – Powering Your Life
27 Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him 28 and asked him a question: “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, th [Read More...]
Sunday 2nd November – In Memoriam- Pastor Adrian Kitson
11 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, 12 in order that we, who were the first [Read More...]
Sunday 19th October – A Name for Praying
22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all [Read More...]
Sunday 12th October – Can you see?
11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus travelled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 an [Read More...]
Sunday 21st September – Sowing and reaping freely
26Â Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. 6Â Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch [Read More...]