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
THE STORY Week 28 Why we are here
Sermon, Sunday October 23, 2016, Confirmation Day. Joel 2:28-29, Psalm 150, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Â John 20:19-23 Why we are here: New Beginnings 19Â On the evening of that first day of the week, when [Read More...]
THE STORY Week 27 A month of Sundays
Sermon, Pentecost 22C, Story Week 27 Sunday October 16, 2016, St Petri. John 20:10-18 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying. 11Â Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, s [Read More...]
THE STORY Week 26 The Hour of Darkness
Sermon, 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, The Story week 26 Isaiah 53:1-6, Psalm 130, Romans 6:1-11 The Hour of Darkness Matthew 26:36-46 36Â Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, [Read More...]
THE STORY – Week 25. Losing and Gaining
Sermon: Pentecost 20C, Story Week 25, Sunday October 2nd, 2016, St Petri. Losing and gaining Mark 8:31-38 31Â He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by [Read More...]
THE STORY Week 24 The Seed Scattering Kingdom
Sermon, Sunday September 25th, 2016, The Story Week 24 Jesus and His Seed Scattering Kingdom Psalm 72:1-13, Romans 5:12-21 Mark 4:1-20 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered r [Read More...]
THE STORY – Week 23 – Jesus Begins his Ministry
Sermon, Sunday September 18, 2016, St Petri Story week 23, Jesus begins his Ministry Isaiah 61:1-3, Psalm 29, Acts 10:34-39a John 3:1-21. 3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a m [Read More...]