REV. Zachery Sarrault, Associate PASTOR
Pastor’s Corner for July 6-12, 2025
Your Name
(Luke 10:1-20)
Names are written everywhere. Having just celebrated Independence Day, you may recall going to Military Memorials on family vacations, reading the names of those who sacrificed their lives for our country. Names long forgotten but engraved in our nation’s history as those who gave up everything so we may enjoy our lives in America today. There is always something solemn and reverent to stand before a memorial like the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, read all the names of those I have never met. If you’ve ever been to such a memorial, you may whisper a quiet thank you to the soldiers long gone or say a prayer for the families who lost loved ones. It can certainly be an awe-inspiring place, reading those names.
Did you know that your name is being read by someone right now? Your name is recorded in a book, not a memorial book, not in remembrance of things you have done or sacrificed, not to be read in quiet reverence or a whispered thank you, but to be shouted in joy and celebration.
“Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” (Luke 10:20)
Jesus said this to the 72 disciples that He had sent out on His Mission to heal the sick and proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is here. Upon returning to Jesus, these 72 were thrilled over all they had done. They couldn’t believe everything they were able to do, and they were awe-struck at what God had done through them on His Mission. But Jesus brings them down a peg or two. He tells them not to celebrate over what they had done, but to rejoice that their very names are already written down in heaven.
Their names, and your name too, isn’t in heaven because they had done awesome things, but because they were already disciples of Jesus. This Mission Jesus sent them on wasn’t an audition to see if they were worthy of their names to be written in heaven, but they were sent on Jesus’ Mission because their names were already written in heaven. How awesome is that! Your name is written in heaven and known by God (Isaiah 43:1) simply because you are a child of God. More than your name being written in the book of life and held by God, your name is continually spoken to your Father God by Jesus in the heavenly places (Revelation 3:5), never to be forgotten or unknown.
Your name is recorded in heaven, but not because of the great things you’ve done or out of honor for what you have sacrificed like the names of those engraved on Military Memorials. Instead, your name is written with the life-giving, eternal blood of the Son of God to live forever in heaven with Him.
Your known brother in Christ,
Pastor Zach Sarrault
Please note, the church office will be closed Friday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.
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!