1 Corinthians 16:1-2 - Are we to meet on Sunday (the first day of the week) and take up collections then?

1. This scripture does not say that Sunday is the Sabbath
    
2. Notice that this is a collection for the saints (verse1). Tithes and offerings went to the Levites -- Ministers (Numbers 18:24; Hebrews 7:5) -- not to the saints.
    
3. This was a gathering that each was to do individually (lay by him in store) not a collection taken up during church services.
    
4. This is a collection of fruit and produce to help relieve the saints in Judea suffering from famine. -- Just as the one described in Romans 15:25-28.
    
5. Several men were required to carry the fruit to Jerusalem (verse 3). If this collection involved money, Paul could have carried it to Jerusalem himself.
    
6. A gathering of this kind involved a lot of work. This work was done during the first part of the week AFTER the Sabbath was past.

Nowhere does this authorize a change in the Sabbath day or suggest weekly collection of money at services.