31.   Seven local churches passed the collection plate for the theater.

32.   Spokeswoman Kathy Walt says the Perrys also drop some cash in the collection plate at their church.

33.   The ministers who gathered there Monday pledged to pass extra collection plates, and hold bake sales and basketball games to collect money to rebuild the church.

34.   The pile of rumpled bills slipped into the collection plate Sunday morning might not look like much on its own.

35.   The pile of rumpled bills slipped into the collection plate on Sunday morning might not look like much on its own.

36.   The portion of Sunday services devoted to Bible teachings shrank as talk of filling the collection plate ran longer.

37.   Their collection plates generate millions of dollars, and their properties represent an incredible monetary investment.

38.   There are no buildings, no collection plates, no parishioners, no Communion and no Mass.

39.   Together he and Rosalynn made the collection plates used by the congregation.

40.   Today we take up the collection plate for a few poor souls who are down on their luck.