Sabbath Bulletin for 09/20 and '25 Fall Feast Schedule
The HOLY DAYS are here: Make sure to take off of work on 9/23, 10/2, 10/7 and 10/14 (starting sunset the previous day) to celebrate the Holy Days of the LORD with us. We will hold holy convocations on each of these days. Details follow-below.
Shalom Brothers and Sisters in Messiah Yeshua. Please continue to pray for our resolve in learning, teaching, and doing the Word of the LORD in our lives according to His Wisdom and by His Spirit while avoiding the foolish controversies and traditions of men that lead us away from God. Pray for the love of God to be perfected in each one of us!
First Fruits Ministries will come together for the LORD's weekly Sabbath celebration, a Holy Convocation day, on 9/20/2025 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 60 Bailey Ave., Manchester, NH 03104 for a time of rest in the LORD. Our First Fruits Ministries Sabbath service will begin at 10:15 a.m. in-house, and then we will go live for our YouTube audience around 10:30-10:35 a.m., God willing.
During our in-house-only segment, we will listen to a summary of this week's Torah Portion, called Nitzavim (Standing): Deuteronomy 29:10-30:20; Isaiah 61:10-63:9; John 12:41-50.
During our in-house and online segment, Pastor Andrew J. Manuse will present part four of his series, called "Who Is Yeshua the Messiah?," which will center around Proverbs 8 and the Wisdom of God. This series will comprise a study of Christology, which focuses on the identity, nature, and work of Messiah Yeshua relative to His divinity, humanity, mission, and position in the eternal plan.
We prefer you to be with us in person for fellowship, but if that is not possible, you can join us remotely by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/@firstfruitsNH/streams. Please review our General Itinerary on our website for specific information about our sabbath services.
First Fruits Ministries will come together for the LORD's weekly Sabbath celebration, a Holy Convocation day, on 9/20/2025 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 60 Bailey Ave., Manchester, NH 03104 for a time of rest in the LORD. Our First Fruits Ministries Sabbath service will begin at 10:15 a.m. in-house, and then we will go live for our YouTube audience around 10:30-10:35 a.m., God willing.
During our in-house-only segment, we will listen to a summary of this week's Torah Portion, called Nitzavim (Standing): Deuteronomy 29:10-30:20; Isaiah 61:10-63:9; John 12:41-50.
During our in-house and online segment, Pastor Andrew J. Manuse will present part four of his series, called "Who Is Yeshua the Messiah?," which will center around Proverbs 8 and the Wisdom of God. This series will comprise a study of Christology, which focuses on the identity, nature, and work of Messiah Yeshua relative to His divinity, humanity, mission, and position in the eternal plan.
We prefer you to be with us in person for fellowship, but if that is not possible, you can join us remotely by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/@firstfruitsNH/streams. Please review our General Itinerary on our website for specific information about our sabbath services.
Second Message
During our second “rewind” service that will begin around 3 p.m., Pastor Daniel Joseph of Corner Fringe Ministries will deliver his message, called "The Good Samaritan, Part C," which is the 36th part of Pastor Daniel's "Parables" series. Join us to watch the sermon in person at First Fruits Ministries or join Corner Fringe online at: https://www.youtube.com/@CornerFringeChannel/streams.
Fall Feasts Are Here!
Make Sure To Take Off Work And Gather With Us
Starting with Yom Teruah (often called Rosh Hashanah) on 9/23/2025 at 11:30 a.m., First Fruits Ministries will come together to celebrate each and every Holy Day on the dates listed as well as the regular Sabbath celebrations in between. Make sure to take off of work on 9/23, 10/2, 10/7 and 10/14 (starting sunset the previous day) to celebrate the Holy Days of the LORD with us. We will hold Holy Convocations on each of these days.
Please read below for more information about how First Fruits Ministries intends to participate in the regional 10 Days of Prayer/10 Days of Awe prayer meetings:
- Yom Teruah (The Day of Trumpets/Shouting): On 9/23/2025, we will gather at 11:30 a.m. for pre-service fellowship and then will watch Corner Fringe Ministries' livestream service that will begin at 11:45 a.m. together. Following the service, if the weather is good, we will walk around the church building together seven times while praying for the LORD to tear down any strongholds in our lives and in our church. This celebration will begin the 10 Days of Awe, during which we ought to be introspective; seeking to make wrong things right with God and one another. Following this prayer walk, we will have Oneg together in the basement meeting room until around 5-6 p.m. Yom Teruah is a Holy Convocation Day, which means that God has commanded His people to take off of work and stop their normal routines to come and worship Him together on this day. Here is a livestream link available for those who don't live close enough to attend: https://www.youtube.com/live/Ds5-Yir4kLA?si=RP8nz1dx9LNkXsPF.
- Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement): On 10/2/2025, we will gather around 11:30 a.m. for pre-service fellowship and then will watch Corner Fringe Ministries' livestream service that will begin at 11:45 a.m. together. We will have fellowship afterward. The livestream link is forthcoming (next week). PLEASE NOTE: God has commanded His people to afflict their souls on this day, and based on many Bible passages this means that healthy adults who are following Yeshua should not eat or drink any food or water at all from sundown on 10/1 until sundown on 10/2. This is not a fast for physical health or an exercise in dieting, and it is not for show. Rather, we are fasting per the commandment of God in order to humble ourselves before Him and search for any remaining wicked way in us that needs to be cast out. On account of the fast, we will not have food or water at Oneg, but we will still gather for fellowship until 5 p.m. Please watch last year's sermon on Yom Kippur for Scriptural evidence on why this Holy Convocation is a fast day. It is customary to wear all white clothing on Yom Kippur.
- Day 1 Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles/Booths): On 10/7/2025, members will gather in the Sukkah in the church parking lot for a feast and Bible discussion led by Elder/Deacon Todd Biery. The service start times are TBD.
- Please NOTE: The Manuse family will be visiting Corner Fringe Ministries' Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles/Booths) celebration in Minnesota this year. Elder Todd will be leading the Sukkot celebration for First Fruits Ministries, and First Fruits will welcome a guest preacher for the Oct. 11 Shabbat celebration in the sukkah, which will be set up in the First Fruits parking lot. If you'd like to join the Manuse family in Minnesota for the Sukkot celebration, please contact info@cornerfringe.com for more information on how to attend. If you'd like to learn more about these feasts, please contact Pastor Andrew at andrew@firstfruits.cc.
- Day 8 Sukkot/Shemini Atzeret (The Eighth Day): On 10/14/2025, members will gather in the Sukkah (or in the building) for a feast and Bible discussion led by Elder/Deacon Todd Biery. The service times are TBD.
Please read below for more information about how First Fruits Ministries intends to participate in the regional 10 Days of Prayer/10 Days of Awe prayer meetings:
Prayer Meeting For 10 Days Set For Sept. 28, 6-8 PM
First Fruits Ministries will co-host a prayer meeting with Calvary Chapel Manchester at the church from 6-8 p.m. on 9/28 for the 10 Days of Prayer ecumenical gathering, which is held annually uniting more than 500 fellowships around the world during the Days of Awe.
The Days of Awe are the 10 days dedicated to repentance (teshuvah) starting with Yom Teruah (the Day of Trumpets) at sunset on 9/22/2025 and ending during the eve of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) on 10/1/2025. Yom Kippur lasts until sunset on 10/2/2025.
First Fruits members are invited to attend all of the prayer events listed on the flier above, especially the co-hosted night from 6-8 p.m. on 9/28 at 60 Bailey Ave., Manchester, NH; however, First Fruits Ministries members ought to prioritize the Holy Days of God by attending First Fruits Holy Day services on 9/23/2025, 10/2/2025, 10/7/2025 and 10/14/2025, as well as the weekly sabbath celebrations.
The 9/28 meeting will focus prayers on the theme, "Partnering With God." We will specifically pray for myriads to answer Yeshua's call on His followers to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all of the LORD's commandments. We will also pray for the diligence of Christian believers in New Hampshire and around the world to increasingly become disciple-making disciples of Yeshua as we seek to imitate the LORD, His Apostles, and those who follow the LORD with faith and perseverance as they trust in the promises of God. We will also pray for freedom from corruption, greed, and self-serving behaviors that prevent such spiritual growth in the faith community.
For more information, visit 10Days.net.
The Days of Awe are the 10 days dedicated to repentance (teshuvah) starting with Yom Teruah (the Day of Trumpets) at sunset on 9/22/2025 and ending during the eve of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) on 10/1/2025. Yom Kippur lasts until sunset on 10/2/2025.
First Fruits members are invited to attend all of the prayer events listed on the flier above, especially the co-hosted night from 6-8 p.m. on 9/28 at 60 Bailey Ave., Manchester, NH; however, First Fruits Ministries members ought to prioritize the Holy Days of God by attending First Fruits Holy Day services on 9/23/2025, 10/2/2025, 10/7/2025 and 10/14/2025, as well as the weekly sabbath celebrations.
The 9/28 meeting will focus prayers on the theme, "Partnering With God." We will specifically pray for myriads to answer Yeshua's call on His followers to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all of the LORD's commandments. We will also pray for the diligence of Christian believers in New Hampshire and around the world to increasingly become disciple-making disciples of Yeshua as we seek to imitate the LORD, His Apostles, and those who follow the LORD with faith and perseverance as they trust in the promises of God. We will also pray for freedom from corruption, greed, and self-serving behaviors that prevent such spiritual growth in the faith community.
For more information, visit 10Days.net.
Check Out Our YouTube Page Redesign
Because First Fruits Ministries' livestreams to YouTube and uses YouTube as our sermon archive, we took the time to reorganize our home page to make sermons and key teachings easy to find and share: https://www.youtube.com/@firstfruitsNH. We hope you find this YouTube reorganization useful.
So you are aware: we also use Rumble and Odysee to archive our messages, but these services don't allow the same organization as YouTube, which is why we focused the reorganization there. You can still access all of our content on the other platforms.
For the purpose of this announcement, when you go to our page on YouTube, you'll find recent video uploads at the top, our First Fruits Sermon series' next, then our topical sermons, series, and studies, and then Corner Fringe and Affiliate church sermons. These "Corner Fringe Ministries Affiliate Messages" are organized according to priority. The first 11 playlists include essential teachings, and subsequent playlists are organized by category. Categories include Messianic/Christology, Bible Book-based, Bible Topic-based, Eschatology/Prophesy, One Part teachings, Holy Day teachings, and finally other teachers and series produced by pastors besides Lead Pastor Daniel Joseph. Below that list, which you can expand by selecting "view all," we list outreach resources, then popular videos, and finally links to our affiliate church channels and other great content that we stand by at First Fruits. At the top, you can access pages that lead to all of our videos, our livestreams, and our unorganized playlists. There is also an magnifying glass that will help you search through our page for key content.
We've reorganized our YouTube page for two reasons:
1) We want it to be easy for you to find all of the resources you need to grow in the faith, and we firmly believe you will find everything you need from our YouTube homepage, with the exception of the one video YouTube censored, which you can find on our website's media page toward the bottom or here. There are enough sermons and teachings here that it could take you the rest of your lives to get through them all, if you are doing other things besides watching.
2) Some of you view the teachings of ministries outside our network of churches, which may or may not be beneficial to your faith. While we can't say we've included every good resource that there is on our YouTube page, we do believe it is best not to confuse ourselves with questionable doctrines from other ministries, particularly when our church and affiliates provide so much good material to answer your questions and get into every topic of interest. When you feel the need to watch YouTube for your Biblical understanding, we encourage you to check our page first before moving on to other pages.
Of course, the best way to learn more about God is to read the Bible and pray, and we do hope you are doing that daily. Attending Shabbat services in person to learn from our messages and discussions and our monthly Bible study series are additional ways to learn.
As always, email or text me if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.
Blessings and shalom!
So you are aware: we also use Rumble and Odysee to archive our messages, but these services don't allow the same organization as YouTube, which is why we focused the reorganization there. You can still access all of our content on the other platforms.
For the purpose of this announcement, when you go to our page on YouTube, you'll find recent video uploads at the top, our First Fruits Sermon series' next, then our topical sermons, series, and studies, and then Corner Fringe and Affiliate church sermons. These "Corner Fringe Ministries Affiliate Messages" are organized according to priority. The first 11 playlists include essential teachings, and subsequent playlists are organized by category. Categories include Messianic/Christology, Bible Book-based, Bible Topic-based, Eschatology/Prophesy, One Part teachings, Holy Day teachings, and finally other teachers and series produced by pastors besides Lead Pastor Daniel Joseph. Below that list, which you can expand by selecting "view all," we list outreach resources, then popular videos, and finally links to our affiliate church channels and other great content that we stand by at First Fruits. At the top, you can access pages that lead to all of our videos, our livestreams, and our unorganized playlists. There is also an magnifying glass that will help you search through our page for key content.
We've reorganized our YouTube page for two reasons:
1) We want it to be easy for you to find all of the resources you need to grow in the faith, and we firmly believe you will find everything you need from our YouTube homepage, with the exception of the one video YouTube censored, which you can find on our website's media page toward the bottom or here. There are enough sermons and teachings here that it could take you the rest of your lives to get through them all, if you are doing other things besides watching.
2) Some of you view the teachings of ministries outside our network of churches, which may or may not be beneficial to your faith. While we can't say we've included every good resource that there is on our YouTube page, we do believe it is best not to confuse ourselves with questionable doctrines from other ministries, particularly when our church and affiliates provide so much good material to answer your questions and get into every topic of interest. When you feel the need to watch YouTube for your Biblical understanding, we encourage you to check our page first before moving on to other pages.
Of course, the best way to learn more about God is to read the Bible and pray, and we do hope you are doing that daily. Attending Shabbat services in person to learn from our messages and discussions and our monthly Bible study series are additional ways to learn.
As always, email or text me if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.
Blessings and shalom!
Do You Have A Testimony to Share?
Pastor Kraig's son Grant Dorney led the way in our community by giving his testimony of transformation from darkness to light and from death to life in Messiah Yeshua on 6/14/2025. If anyone else would like to give his or her own testimony after our weekly sermon, please talk to Pastor Andrew privately about your interest so he can determine whether and when you could go on camera. Understand that truly transformational testimonies have huge potential to change hearts and minds and build up God's people.
Let Grant's leadership be our guide. Please also share his story with those who will benefit from hearing it. Thanks to Grant for his willingness to lead in this way and for Yeshua for His long-suffering and mercy, "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28).
Let Grant's leadership be our guide. Please also share his story with those who will benefit from hearing it. Thanks to Grant for his willingness to lead in this way and for Yeshua for His long-suffering and mercy, "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28).
Weekly Prayer Meeting
Brothers and sisters, with the urging of Pastor Stephen Opoku, an Elder at First Fruits Ministries, and the LORD's own guidance, we have instituted a Signal Prayer group for First Fruits Ministries that will be held every week. This group will meet 9:30 a.m. each Friday, with announced exceptions, to pray for God's will to be done at First Fruits Ministries. Please only join this discussion group by clicking the image below if you intend to be present at some of the prayer meetings. We will be using the Signal group to connect with one another via voice at the scheduled prayer time.
May the Lord bless you and keep you; may the Lord shine the light of His face upon you and be gracious to you; and may the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and grant you shalom!
יברכך יהוה וישמרך
יאר יהוה פניו אליך ויחנך
ישא יהוה פניו אליך וישם לך שׁלום
As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord.
אָנֹכִי וּבֵיתִ֔י נַעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־ יַהְוֶה
יברכך יהוה וישמרך
יאר יהוה פניו אליך ויחנך
ישא יהוה פניו אליך וישם לך שׁלום
As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord.
אָנֹכִי וּבֵיתִ֔י נַעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־ יַהְוֶה
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