Sabbath Bulletin for 10/4 and '25 Fall Feast Schedule

The HOLY DAYS are here: Make sure to take off of work on 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 pray for the LORD's presence to increasingly dwell within us as a community and as individuals as we prepare to celebrate "Immanuel" (God with us) during the days of Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles) ahead. Pray for God's Kingdom to come and His will to be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.

First Fruits Ministries will come together for the LORD's weekly Sabbath celebration, a Holy Convocation day, on 10/4/2025 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 for 10/4, we will listen to a summary of this week's Torah Portion, called Ha'azinu (Listen): Deuteronomy 32:1-52; 2 Samuel 22:1-51; John 6:26-35. The Torah Portion for Sukkot Day 1 (The Feast of Tabernacles Day 1) on 10/7, to read the night before (10/6), is Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Zechariah 14:1-21; Luke 2:1-2.

During our in-house and online segment on Shabbat, Pastor Andrew J. Manuse will present part six of his series, called "Who Is Yeshua the Messiah? Part 6: The Firstborn 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.

During our second “rewind” service that will begin around 3 p.m., Pastor Gary Durham Jr. of Corner Fringe Ministries will deliver his message, called "In Dependence of the King." Join us to watch the sermon in person at First Fruits Ministries or join Corner Fringe online at: https://www.youtube.com/@CornerFringeChannel/streams.

Starting with Yom Teruah (watch here if you missed it) and Yom Kippur (watch here if you missed it), First Fruits Ministries is coming together to celebrate the Holy Days of the LORD on the dates listed as well as the regular Sabbath celebrations in between. Going forward, make sure to take off of work on 10/7 and 10/14 (starting sunset the previous day) to celebrate the remaining Holy Days with us. We will hold Holy Convocations on each of these days.

• SUKKOT DEVOTIONAL: The focus of this year's devotional is foundational - leading us to reflect deeply on who Yahweh is. Who He is in heaven, on earth, within us, surrounding us, and far beyond our comprehension. 2025 Sukkot Devotional: He is I AM
  
• Day 1 Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles/Booths): On 10/7/2025, members will gather in the sukkah (tabernacle) in the church parking lot for a Bible devotional discussion and a feast led by Elder/Deacon Todd Biery. The Holy Convocation (meeting of God's people during an Appointed Time) will begin at 11:30 a.m. on 10/7/2025. Please note: Please bring a "Levitically clean" dish for the potluck. There will be no livestream this day.
• Day 8 Sukkot/Shemini Atzeret (The Eighth Day): On 10/14/2025, members will gather in the sukkah (tabernacle) in the church parking lot OR in the church building for a Bible devotional discussion and a feast led by Elder/Deacon Todd Biery. The Holy Convocation (meeting of God's people during an Appointed Time) will begin at 11:30 a.m. on 10/14/2025. Please note: Please bring a "Levitically clean" dish for the potluck. There will be no livestream this day.
• 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 celebrations and Intermediate Sabbath of Sukkot for First Fruits Ministries, and First Fruits will welcome a guest preacher for the Oct. 11 Sabbath celebration in the sukkah, which will be set up in the First Fruits parking lot. The service for Oct. 11 will be recorded for later from within the church, but not live-streamed on Oct. 11. First Fruits Ministries will publish a past Corner Fringe Ministries sermon by Pastor Daniel Joseph to watch for our livestream members that day. If you'd like to learn more about these feasts, please contact Pastor Andrew at andrew@firstfruits.cc.

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!

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).

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