Possible Clues:

• Support for the Speaker? Could be a book on it
• In church it's part of the collection, a bird (probably an eagle)
• Stand roughly centre-left
• Stand
• Stand having the bird at the end?
• Reading-desk.
• Hannibal, born to take the stand
• Can one stand being in church? From this you may take it as read
• Stand in line on centre ground
• Select Ernie to carry reading desk