Christmas is only a few days away! Each year during the holiday season, Kanakuk President Joe White shares a Christmas poem as a beautiful reminder of the true reason for the Christmas holiday. Enjoy this year's poem, as you prepare to spend time with friends and family next week. We wish our entire Kanakuk family a wonderfully Merry Christmas!
Well it’s Christmas again and soon it’s 2020
In food, in friendships, in gifts we have plenty
In abundance the love and the blessings surround
Where ribbons and bows and Christmas tidings abound
There must be a reason this season fulfilling
With grace, peace, and joy for the heart that is willing
To listen to a story and take it to heart
The story of a baby and His love to impart
It all began as Luke tells the story
With shepherds and angels who give God the glory
Because Quirinius the governor had given a command
That a census be taken each man to his land
To Joseph and Mary with the child soon to be born
To a Bethlehem Inn for a new baby to adorn
With every bed taken and no place to stay
A manger was found with a cradle of hay
While out in the fields keeping watch by the night
The shepherds beheld angels, a terrifying sight
Do not be afraid, I bring good news and joy
On this very night there’s the birth of a boy
In swaddling cloths, the angels did say
In a manger you’ll find Him on a soft bed of hay
Highest glory to God and peace among men
The praises of Jesus were set to begin
Immediately the shepherds went to Bethlehem that night
And worshipped the child in the dim rays of light
In a matter of time, no one knows the duration
Three kings from the east heard the heavenly ovation
When guided by a star their gifts they would bring
To Bethlehem’s child and honor the King
They brought frankincense and myrrh and sparkling gold
The Magi and their journey forever is told
The story unchanging and certainly the reason
For this joyous occasion and our holiday season
Merry Christmas Kanakuk families and K-ministries represent
And thank you for joining our festive event
I love you, I admire you, I’m blessed to be a part
Of a family I adore from the depth of my heart