Special Bulletin for Baptisms and Monthly Bible Study
Community Baptism Scheduled for 9 AM 8/31/2025
First Fruits Ministries has scheduled a community baptism for 9 a.m. on 8/31/2025 open to everyone who would like to confess their sins and submit to Yeshua the Messiah as their LORD and their God. Participants will bury their old self under the water and come up from the water as a new man or a new woman in Messiah Yeshua, ready to walk in obedience to God and all of His commandments. We will meet at this spot https://maps.app.goo.gl/L7a3uVoSJqKuAdrg7 at 9 a.m. on 8/31/2025 and begin around 9:15 a.m. So far, three are scheduled to enter the water to be baptized. If you are considering baptism, please watch these sermons and then contact Pastor Andrew via our website at https://firstfruits.cc/contact or on Signal (if you have this contact information) to move forward in your faith and join Yeshua's family.
Pastor Andrew is asking the entire community to be in prayer about these baptisms, and if you can arrive early to the spot on the 31st to pray for the LORD's protection and presence, he would be most grateful. If you have not yet been baptized, please be mindful of what the LORD is telling you and consider in prayer whether you should be among those entering the water. ALSO NOTE: If this date and time does not work for you, please let Pastor Andrew know and another time and date will be scheduled for you. Baptism is an individual decision and an individual relational act between each person and the LORD, with a pastoral witness.
For our baptisms, we park at the West Side Ice Arena in Manchester, NH, and then walk through the woods on a trail to the spot marked on this map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/L7a3uVoSJqKuAdrg7. You will cross over a foot-bridge and then turn to the left to arrive at our traditional baptismal spot (NOTE: The map is upside down). Please feel free to bring your own refreshments and snacks for afterward, and also a bathing suit if you'd like to swim after the baptisms are complete.
Within our series, "Elementary Principles of Messiah Yeshua," First Fruits Ministries covered the topic of baptisms and what they mean for new believers in Messiah Yeshua. The four sermons delivered during the Spring of 2025 present a great preview of what baptism entails for everyone considering it. We believe baptism is an urgent, obedient act that we are called to do as part of our sanctification, and through baptism we are buried with Yeshua, and then we are also raised up with Him into a new life through faith. We've also included three key sermons from our overseeing church, Corner Fringe Ministries, on the same topic. If you'd like a different perspective, please watch those also.
Watch four FFM sermons and three CFM sermons on baptisms by clicking here.
Pastor Andrew is asking the entire community to be in prayer about these baptisms, and if you can arrive early to the spot on the 31st to pray for the LORD's protection and presence, he would be most grateful. If you have not yet been baptized, please be mindful of what the LORD is telling you and consider in prayer whether you should be among those entering the water. ALSO NOTE: If this date and time does not work for you, please let Pastor Andrew know and another time and date will be scheduled for you. Baptism is an individual decision and an individual relational act between each person and the LORD, with a pastoral witness.
For our baptisms, we park at the West Side Ice Arena in Manchester, NH, and then walk through the woods on a trail to the spot marked on this map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/L7a3uVoSJqKuAdrg7. You will cross over a foot-bridge and then turn to the left to arrive at our traditional baptismal spot (NOTE: The map is upside down). Please feel free to bring your own refreshments and snacks for afterward, and also a bathing suit if you'd like to swim after the baptisms are complete.
Within our series, "Elementary Principles of Messiah Yeshua," First Fruits Ministries covered the topic of baptisms and what they mean for new believers in Messiah Yeshua. The four sermons delivered during the Spring of 2025 present a great preview of what baptism entails for everyone considering it. We believe baptism is an urgent, obedient act that we are called to do as part of our sanctification, and through baptism we are buried with Yeshua, and then we are also raised up with Him into a new life through faith. We've also included three key sermons from our overseeing church, Corner Fringe Ministries, on the same topic. If you'd like a different perspective, please watch those also.
Watch four FFM sermons and three CFM sermons on baptisms by clicking here.
Monthly First Fruits Ministries Bible Study 8 PM 8/26
Whether you're new to First Fruits Ministries, just checking us out, or a veteran member, we welcome you to join us for our monthly Bible study either in-house in our basement meeting room at 60 Bailey Ave., Manchester, NH, or online via Zoom (pre-registration required) and bring your questions to explore in real time with Pastor Andrew for live Bible exploration. Doors will open at 7:45 p.m. in house and online, and content will begin at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 8/26/2025. First Fruits' monthly "Ask the Pastor" Bible study is the appropriate time to bring the questions you've been grappling with concerning certain Bible passages or concepts that you just can't grasp. Our goal will be to address more than one question each month. Consequently, more complex questions may not be completely answered and may require a reference to one of our ministries' sermons or previous Bible studies on the topic. Additionally, we would prefer you did not bring teachings from outside ministries for discussion, but keep questions based on topics relative to the faith that can be addressed through study of the Word of God.
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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