REV. Zachery Sarrault, Associate PASTOR
Pastor’s Corner for October 19-25, 2025
Fulfill Your Ministry
(2 Timothy 3:14-4:5)
Stop what you’re doing and read the above Bible verse. Thanks! It ends with a great sending word, “fulfill your ministry.” What is your ministry? We can think ministry is only for those who work at a church. But that is far from the truth! As a baptized child of God, you are involved in ministry. It is God’s ministry that He has welcomed you into the moment you became His child. That ministry happens to be wherever He has put you. Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, that is the ministry God has called you to right now. Whether you work in the office, at home, at the construction site, or in a lab. Whether you work for money, volunteer, or your income is the pleasure in watching your kids grow. No matter what you find yourself doing in daily life, be confident that it is ministry work!
Is your ministry full? We are called to fulfill our ministry, to do it, but is it a full ministry? We try and make our ministries full; full of our own goals, our own joys and happiness, our schedules, our people, full of ourselves. Our ministry won’t be full if we see it as our own. Our ministry is really God’s Ministry that we are a part of. Wherever you are, it is a place that is full of God’s presence (whether you feel it or not). Bring the Word and prayer with you wherever He sends you. Subscribe to emails and apps that give reminders of God’s full presence in your daily ministry. Where you are is where God can use you and it is full of Him!
Who are you teaching Jesus to in His Ministry? In verse 14, we hear Paul telling Timothy to remember the people who taught him the Word. Back in chapter one (1:5), we heard that Timothy’s grandma Lois and mom Eunice taught him the faith. I’m willing to bet two things about Lois and Eunice’s Ministry. One, they did it intentionally. Whatever it looked like, they were purposefully in the Word and daily prayed over young Timothy. Two, they had no idea what it would lead to. They had no idea that their grandson and son would grow to be a leader in the early church, and they definitely did not intend to be pillars of the faith that we are still talking about 2,000 years later! Be aware of the people God has intentionally paced in your Ministry and daily give ‘em Jesus!
How long is it going to take? Paul reminds Timothy to do the work “with complete patience.” Since this is God’s Ministry, it is one that will take patience. God works the long game, and as irritating as that is at times it teaches us to rely on Him. Stick with it. Find joy in the fullness of His Word and the Ministry He has called you to. There’s nothing better than being a part of God’s Ministry!
Your growing 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!