Gospel Play Raises Funds For Noble Hill-Wheeler Memorial Center

CARTERSVILLE, GA -- A gospel play will soon take the stage in Cartersville to help organizers raise funds to purchase additional property and pay for the upkeep of a black history museum in Bartow County.

The Noble Hill-Wheeler Memorial Center will soon present "Love is All it Takes," a knee-slapping, tear jerking, dramedy by JR Reynolds, to audiences. The play will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12 at the Clarence Brown Conference Center in Cartersville.

The fundraiser was the idea of the late Joy Hill-Watson and is being continued in her honor, organizers said.

The play's story is based on the life of up-and-coming Pastor James Donaldson and his dysfunctional siblings. After the tragic passing of their parents, Pastor Donaldson takes on the enormous task of bringing his family back together.

Erica, his baby sister, believes everything is about her. Melissa, the middle sister, is in an abusive relationship and the side effects have rolled over to her teenage daughter, causing her to act out. They also have a baby brother name Alvin, a famous R&B singer facing his own challenges.

With so much drama, Pastor Donaldson questions how can he reach the church, but can't mend his own family. He invites them all to dinner for a time of reconciliation, family and love. Working through years of lies, pain, tears, and fears -- with a lot of prayer, forgiveness, understanding and laughter -- the pastor and his siblings discover that a little more love is all it takes.

The Noble Hill-Wheeler Memorial Center is the former Rosenwald school, the historic school for black children in Bartow County. Constructed in 1923, the school was closed in 1955 when its students were consolidated with Bartow County Schools to form the former Bartow Elementary School.

According to its website, the building was restored in 1989 and now serves as a cultural museum that focuses on black history and culture in Bartow County. Tickets for the play are $25 and can be purchased online by clicking here.

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