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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
Presence
Sermon, Ascension Day, Sunday May 28, 2017 St Petri (Pastor Adrian Kitson) Acts 1:1-11 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2Â until the day he was taken [Read More...]
Keeping the Wrapper
6th Sunday after Easter May 21st 2017 John 14:15-21 Keeping the wrapper Vicar Matt Huckel  16 ‘If you love me you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Com [Read More...]
Holy Work: Holy Priests
Sermon, Easter 5A, Sunday May 14, 2017, St Petri (Pastor Adrian Kitson) Â 1 Peter 2:2-10 2Â Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3Â now that yo [Read More...]
Breathe Deeply – Sermon 7th May, 2017 – Vicar Matt Huckel
4th Sunday after Easter  - Psalm 23 Breathe deeply Vicar Matt Huckel 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshe [Read More...]
Burning hearts and broken bread
Sermon, Easter 3A, Sunday April 30, 2017 Luke 24:13-35 13Â Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem. 14Â They were talking with each other [Read More...]
Handcrafted: The gifts and the Giver
Sermon, Thanksgiving Sunday, April 23, 2017, Vintage Festival Luke 17:11-19 (Pastor Adrian Kitson) The gifts and the Giver I am thankful for what we see and sense all around us in this building this m [Read More...]