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.

Ride on, ride on, in majesty!

The angel armies of the sky

Look down with sad and wond’ring eyes

To see th’ approaching Sacrifice

TLH 162 “Ride On, Ride On, in Majesty”

Dear Saints,

      As we enter the holiest of weeks, we enter on Palm Sunday with the shouts of “Hosanna!” And yet, even within the service on Palm Sunday, we go from the waving of palms to the waving of whips as we hear the account of our Lord’s Passion. He entered Jerusalem with a singular focus: his sacrifice that he was soon to make on Calvary. He knew what would soon take place on that Good Friday, but he continued to ride on. He heard the shouts of “Hosanna” and knew that soon those shouts would turn to “Crucify Him”, but he continued to ride on. The angelic hosts of heaven were gazing down as the events of Holy Week unfolded, seeing what the Son of God and Son of Man came to do: to be the atoning sacrifice. He entered Jerusalem for you. He was whipped for you. He was nailed for you. He died for you. He shed his blood for you. This week, may we meditate on this sacrifice and repent of our sins. 

Soli Deo Gloria,

Pastor

April 2026