[Magdalen] Wedding Advice

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I'm of a similar opinion that it will be confusing and even verging on rude to have the reception at the church and not expect everyone to come regardless of what the reception info says in regard to "private" or similar - especially when some of the parishioners will be on the reception list. Possible solution? Late morning wedding with evening reception. Separated by a big enough time gap the confusion is minimized. 
.02 ingly 
Lynn

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On Sep 4, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

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
>