Possible Clues:

• Quarters, e.g.
• Progress may be pending in church
• What you get back is not the same as the money you gave in
• Nickel and dime
• Alter - coins
• All the same, it's not just a little you get back
• Alter, convert
• The church shows much exasperation at any mention of it
• It's not in the same sum you gave in - it's much less
• Coppers, perhaps, put on other clothes