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Glossary: offertory

The choir anthem or other musical selection played or sung while the tithes and offerings are being received from the members of the worshiping congregation.

Source: A Dictionary for United Methodists, Alan K. Waltz, Copyright 1991, Abingdon Press. Used by permission.

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