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Weddings - Civil Ceremony reception and Church Wedding Ceremony a few months later
Question My girlfriend and I are planning on having a civil ceremony and plan on inviting close friends and family, about 40 people, to a small reception afterwards. However, we are also planning a church wedding in a few months and was wondering how we should word the invitations for the civil ceremony reception. We want to indicate that we will be having a church wedding later on and that this small reception is just a little celebration that will be casual dress, with just family and close friends.
Answer Dan:
I would word your invitation something along these lines:
Please join us for an intimate celebration of our marriage on <date>
The invitation will set the formality of the event, so keep it a little casual. You can pick up an invitation set from your local office products store as well as most any craft store. If you have a Michaels or a Joanns in your area, they often have 40% off coupons in the paper.
As far as letting them know about the future celebration you can do that by word of mouth. Unless you have already set the date, I would suggest just telling everyone that it will be "at a later time." That way, if something comes up you aren't held to a particular date for your celebration.
