12/20/2025
Good afternoon Friends, our 16th Annual Mylee’s Missions Christmas Event was a wonderful opportunity to meet with & share Christmas & the love of Jesus with 753-plus very special guests. December 6, 2025 was a cold morning but there were a lot of warm smiles & hearts. Volunteers helped park our guests while others numbered each vehicle in the parking lot, gave guests in each vehicle fresh-baked cookies & took information on each one in the vehicles & sent that information to volunteers in the Clark Athletic Complex so they could fill huge bags with gifts & have them ready to deliver when our guests pulled-up beside the Clark Athletic Complex. Children were given books to read while they were in their vehicles. Miles & Ashley Ferguson welcomed everyone & shared a Christmas message of hope with our guests while they waited in their vehicles. When they finished, vehicles were directed by volunteers to form a line from the parking lot, around The Second Presbyterian Church & pulled up at the side doors of the Clark Athletic Complex where the large bags of gifts & more were brought out to each guest. Children ages 2-12 received Gifts, Blessing Boxes, Christmas Event Sweatshirts, new Winter Coats, bags of Christmas items, and more. A volunteer from the Gideons gave each child a New Testament Bible. Parents with infant babies were given an Infant Care Bag with baby lotions, shampoo, blankets, pacifiers, baby wipes, pampers, and more. Each family received a bag of groceries, a ham, & some money to help with their gasoline.
We want to thank the wonderful volunteers who worked hard to make this day special for our guests. There were 73-plus volunteers from 11-different churches who helped prepare everything before it was delivered to & set-up in the Athletic Complex, worked the day of the Christmas Event, & helped clean-up, load, & transport what was left. Saturday December 6th was a special time for everyone to block out the distractions around us for afew hours & share the love of Jesus with our special guests.
We also want to thank the Churches, Businesses, Organizations, & individuals who made this year’s Mylee’s Missions Christmas Event possible. Because of your support, we were able to provide for every infant, child, & adult guests that attended this year’s Christmas Event. A sincere thanks to the Portsmouth City School Board for allowing us to use the Clark Athletic Complex & High School parking lots once again this year. We also want to thank the Portsmouth Police Department for their help as well.
We want to wish each of you a Very Merry Christmas & hope you take the time this Christmas season to thank God for the special gift of His Son Jesus, who came as a newborn baby over 2,000-years ago. Remember that Jesus is the reason for this season!
