Collection of Alms
During the offertory or immediately before it, a collection of money or other gifts for the poor or for the Church is taken up. While these may be brought forward together with the bread and wine, they are not to be placed on the altar.
A collection plate is often used near the end of some Protestant worship services, rather than at the offertory, to gather the gifts of the faithful for the support of the church and for charity.
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