Pastor Ryan Groh

The Rev. Ryan M. Groh was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on September 21, 1999, to his mother, Elizabeth Groh, and his father, Jeffrey Groh. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Moore, Oklahoma.

He attended the preschool and elementary school at St. John’s in Moore, then went on to a local public junior high and high school. He later enrolled at Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska, where he met his beautiful wife, Grace. They were married on April 18, 2020, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Missouri. He graduated from Concordia University with a degree in Psychology, having also completed the Pre-Seminary program.

Following graduation, they moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where Pastor Groh attended Concordia Theological Seminary. He did his fieldwork at St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Ohio City, Ohio, and his vicarage at Faith Lutheran Church in Capistrano Beach, California. He graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity and was ordained into the Office of the Holy Ministry on July 12, 2025, at St. John’s Lutheran Church - Schubert in Jefferson City, Missouri.

“But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” John 20:31

Dear Saints,

Our theme verse for this year’s Sunday School is the verse above from the holy Evangelist St. John. As we read portions of Scripture, there are questions that we sometimes want answered. Some details of the narratives aren’t always given to us, leaving us saying the common quip, “That’ll be one of the questions I ask when I get to heaven.” It is laudable to carefully study the Word of God, and we should certainly be ever more in the Word. And yet, there will be certain things that remain unanswered. St. John reminds us of the fact that what is necessary for us has been recorded by the pen of the authors under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. We may be curious about this or that detail, but all of Scripture has been written that we would believe that Jesus is the Christ, that is the promised Messiah, and that by believing in the Son of God who took on human flesh, we would have life in his name. May we ever rejoice in the true treasure of God’s Holy Word that has been given to us to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.

Soli Deo Gloria,

Pastor

August 2026