REV. Zachery Sarrault, Associate PASTOR
Pastor’s Corner for August 16-22, 2026
Let’s Go to Church!
(Isaiah 43:1-7)
Why do you go to church? It’s my hope and prayer that we’re asked that question at some point. That’s a great opportunity to witness! Are you ready to answer? You might say you’ve always gone and don’t know what else to do on a Sunday morning at 9:30. You might say you love the people, community, and time with others. You might talk about the events, service opportunities, games, and meals. You might say that Bible studies, worship music, sermons, and prayer are of benefit to your life. There’s lots of reasons we go to church, and I think all of them can be put in two categories.
First, we go to church to strengthen our relationship with God. This really means strengthening our dependency, our reliance on God. “Thus says the Lord, He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are Mine’” (Isaiah 43:1). Look at all God is here. God has created you, redeemed you, called you, and belonged you. This means that despite all the world tries to tell you, you have been formed by the Creator’s hand, loved deeply by Him who died and rose for you, you are wanted by the eternally-loving God, and He gives you a place to live with Him forever. This is a message that is not available anywhere outside of God and His Word, and God chooses to give us this beautiful message in His Church.
Second, we go to church to strengthen our relationship with others. You might be thinking, well I don’t want to strengthen my relationship with others. A point has to be made about this second reason you go to church, and I say this with great love, your second reason for going to church isn’t about you, it’s about the people God has given you. You go to church because people in your life need you to. In church you are reminded of God’s love for you so that you can go and love others. “I created [you] for my glory” (Isaiah 43:7). In baptism, God creates us new for His own glory, not because He’s some selfish, egotistical god that needs us to tell Him how great He is. We are created to glorify God because others need to know that God loves them. This completely selfless message of love for all is not available anywhere else outside of God and His Word, and God chooses to send us with this beautiful message from His Church.
This is the goal, God’s Goal, of your church at RLC. It is our hope and prayer that you journey to church because you know you need what God wants to give you in this place. It is our hope and prayer that you journey to church because you know there are people in your life that need to know the love of Jesus. It is our hope and prayer that we, as people created, redeemed, called, and belonged by God, are willing and able to embrace the opportunities that God has set before us so that Resurrection Lutheran Church may always be used by Him to bring His love to all. I love this church! I love you and I’m excited to live this journey of active faith with you!
Your brother in Christ,
Pastor Zach Sarrault
Ordination and Installation of Pastor Zachery Sarrault (July 18, 2021):
Sunday was a great day at RLC! We celebrated the Ordination and Installation of our new Associate Pastor Zachery Sarrault. It was a beautiful service with a heartfelt sermon by his father, Pastor Joel Sarrault. Congratulations and welcome, Pastor Zach! Thank you to all who participated in this special day.
Pastor Sarrault Ordination and Installation
Pastor Zachery Sarrault Ordination and Installation Bulletin
From Pastor Zach (July 16, 2021):
Hey Resurrection Family!
Kelsey and I are finally here! We have finished up at St. Louis, seen family in Michigan, and moved into our new home. After all of that traveling and living out of suitcases, we couldn’t be happier to finally be back to something comfortable. Comfort is always something nice to hold on to. All of us have something that makes us comfortable, whether it be a family member or friend, a good book or fishing pole, a quilting machine or a wood shed, we all have our go-to comfort places. This is part of being human! We love comfort!
The thing with comfort is that sometimes we get too comfortable. We can settle in and tell ourselves that we never wish to see any change. “Life would be perfect if I could just stay in my recliner with Tom Sawyer all day.” Or whatever your comfort may be. Sadly, we know that this isn’t how life works. No matter how much we enjoy our comforts, ‘real life’ happens and it disrupts those little joys. But, is it ‘real life’ or is it God, calling us into His mission to do more than just the comfortable?
Jesus never led a life of comfort. From the manger to the cross and even the empty tomb, Jesus’ life was one of challenge and the uncomfortable. When one of the scribes declared that he would follow Jesus, all Jesus had to say was, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head” (Matt. 8:20). Kind of an odd response, one that rightly scared away the scribe. Probably would have scared me too!
So, what does this mean for us? Are we supposed to throw away all of our earthly comforts and live lives of asceticism? Not at all! But we are called to know where these comforts come from and who our ultimate comfort is. In all things, comfort or challenge, our Lord and Savior stands before us, behind us, and beside us. As Jesus prepared His disciples for life after His death and resurrection, Jesus told His followers, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).
There is our ultimate comfort! Not in our little hide-a-ways or indulgences, but in the One who has overcome all sin and who has promised us peace. Our comfort is in the faith that we have through Christ’s death and resurrection. Our comfort is in the kingdom of God that has already been given to us! That is a comfort that is never changing and never ending. No matter what God has in store the Sarraults in North Carolina, we know that the comfort of our Lord will always prevail!
In the comfortable and the uncomfortable, but always in Christ,
Pastor Zach Sarrault
From Pastor Jonathan (July 15, 2021):
There's a new face at Resurrection! Seminarian Zach Sarrault and wife Kelsey made it down to Cary last Monday, and soon-to-be "Pastor Zach" is already taking part in leadership team activities here at RLC. He will serve as Associate Pastor at Resurrection... meaning he will be working full-time in all aspects of ministry: preaching and teaching, visiting the homebound, discipling others, showing up at youth events, leading school and preschool chapel services, making friends in his neighborhood, evangelizing... and doing it all as one who is privileged to be an Under-Shepherd of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. We are very blessed to have him and Kelsey in our midst!
Though the Sarraults hail from Michigan they know a little bit about our area already since Zach served as Vicar at Hope Lutheran Church in Wake Forest from 2019 to 2020. At church you can find Pastor Zach in the Associate Pastor's office, next door to the main office on the left side. I look forward to working with Pastor Zach and seeing him welcomed as warmly by all of you as Juli and I were not so long ago! May God bless and further your ministry among us, Pastor!