ROBERTSDALE, Alabama — A time machine? At Christmas time? Yep… that’s right!

The Robertsdale United Methodist Church Sonshiners Childrens’s Choir took its audience back in time, “Back to the Manger” to be exact. This special Christmas musical was written by Christy Semsen, directed by Barbara Jo Newberry, and performed on Sunday, Dec. 4 at the church on Highway 59.

In the program, a group of kids are attending a caroling outreach at church when they happen upon something the church janitor has been working on … a time machine.

Our heroes end up bouncing around in time, landing at Christmas Eve in various different eras from the 40s to the 90s. They also visit the very first Christmas where they learn the true value of God's gift and why we celebrate His birth.

Sonshiners meet regularly on Wednesdays after school and is open to children grades kindergarten through sixth with an interest in singing and sharing God’s message through the gift of song. For more information call the church at 251-947-4602.