[Magdalen] Wedding Advice

[Jon Egger]

Congratulations again, Rick.  When I saw the title, my advice would have
been "The jobs of the mother and mother-in-law are to wear beige and keep
their mouths shut." But alas...I think a gathering at home, or in a park,
or other place.  Not the church.

My dos centavo,
brud

On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 09/04/2015 10:28 AM, Rick Mashburn wrote:
>
>> As y'all know, Alex and I were married in a civil ceremony in Santa Fe in
>> May. We're planning our church service for November. Currently, the
>> liturgy
>> that is approved calls the service the "Celebration of a Lifelong
>> Covenant"
>> but I'm hoping it can be the "Blessing of a Civil Marriage" by the time
>> the
>> bulletins are printed. We've requested permission from the Bishop to call
>> it that
>>
> I'll be interested to hear how the details work, Rick, in both regards,
> and I'm very excited for you and Alex!
>
> I'm old-fashioned enough to think the ceremony invitation is one thing,
> and the reception another. Or, to avoid any awkwardness, open the reception
> and have a private dinner celebration another time.
>
> It was my understanding the sacrament of marriage doesn't "officially"
> open until Advent 1. This also requires some detail work, I imagine; we
> have some married-elsewhere couples at St. James who have held off the
> current options (while others have opted for them). Does the blessing of an
> already-performed civil marriage open to equality before Advent 1? I don't
> know that we have any couples chomping at the bit, but I expect some dates
> may be requested by early next (secular) year.
>
> Peace,
> Jo
>