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Joey
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10 things you don't want to forget about your reception - Have you invited your officiant?

Joey, on April 8, 2019 at 09:26 Posted in Wedding reception 0 37

Traditional etiquette says that you should invite your officiant to your reception. They may decline, but it's still considered polite to invite them so they can continue to celebrate with you after they perform your ceremony. Will you follow this tradition?

Have you invited your officiant to your reception?

10 things you don't want to forget about your reception - Have you invited your officiant? 1

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37 Comments

Latest activity by Nelly, on October 5, 2019 at 07:50
  • Nelly
    Devoted October 2021 Ontario
    Nelly ·
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    Yes the Rabbi that will be marrying us us a close family friend
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  • Rayanne
    Master June 2022 Ontario
    Rayanne ·
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    I will be offering him the choice if her like to stay. Since he knows many of the other guests he may.
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  • Andrea
    Devoted January 2021 Ontario
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    Depends if our officiant will be a family pastor.. if so then for sure. But... we'd have to think about that further.

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  • Kaisha
    Super March 2019 Nova Scotia
    Kaisha ·
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    We did not, the though didn't even occur to us, the ceremony and reception were at different locations.

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  • Cassie
    Frequent user September 2020 Ontario
    Cassie ·
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    Our friend will most likely be the officiant so he and his plus one will definitely be invited! Smiley smile
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  • Amanda
    Super June 2019 Ontario
    Amanda ·
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    No, I didn't even know this was a tradition, but we will not be doing this.

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  • Kassandra
    Frequent user May 2020 Alberta
    Kassandra ·
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    No we won't be upholding this tradition
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  • Erin
    Super May 2022 Ontario
    Erin ·
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    I think i would let my officiant know that the option to stay is available but i will not be sending her a formal invitation.
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  • Bianca
    Master August 2019 Ontario
    Bianca ·
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    Nope. We're having our ceremony at a different location, therefore no need to invite her to the reception.

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  • Summer
    Devoted May 2019 Ontario
    Summer ·
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    No we didn’t...
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  • Candace
    VIP May 2019 Ontario
    Candace ·
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    We offered for our officiant to stay and have dinner with us but she did decline. She said that she might stay for a little bit of the cocktail hour but that is it. We also invited her husband!

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  • Vinod
    Top August 2017 Ontario
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    Our officiant was great and did say he would stay since he has been invited to receptions. However, he had to do another wedding right after ours. He didn't stay for the after party.

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  • Stephanie
    VIP May 2019 Ontario
    Stephanie ·
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    We did! I'm not sure if he will but he did thank for the offer! Will have to check in with that!

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  • Anna
    Newbie May 2022 Manitoba
    Anna ·
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    We're having a friend as our officiant, so I'm definitely inviting her and her husband to the reception!

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  • Allen
    Devoted April 2019 Ontario
    Allen ·
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    Haven't thought about it, I will ask her!
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  • A
    Super September 2020 Ontario
    Amelia ·
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    We'll invite him/her but we haven't even officially picked one yet.

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  • Melissa
    Devoted May 2019 Alberta
    Melissa ·
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    We did invite him, but he will be doing another wedding shortly after ours.

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  • Cindy
    Devoted July 2019 Ontario
    Cindy ·
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    Thank you for the reminder
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  • Janaya
    Expert August 2019 Saskatchewan
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    We just gave him the invitation last week Smiley smile

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  • Alexandra
    VIP November 2019 British Columbia
    Alexandra ·
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    No, it’s a government marriage commissioner. We’ll barely meet her and then she’ll be leaving so
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  • K
    Expert June 2019 Ontario
    Kim ·
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    No ... she has another wedding after ours
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  • Allison
    Master October 2019 Ontario
    Allison ·
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    We'll invite, but she usually performs multiple weddings so unlikely that she'll come but we figure we'd throw the invite out!

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  • Holly
    VIP June 2019 Ontario
    Holly ·
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    No, I believe she actually has another wedding not too long after ours so she won't be able to. We will be sending her a thank you basket or something because she's been super helpful and informative during this entire planning process.
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  • Michelle
    Expert April 2019 Alberta
    Michelle ·
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    He is actually a friend of my families so we did invite him, his wife, and his daughter as a thank you for performing our ceremony.

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  • Meghan
    Devoted April 2019 Ontario
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    We didn't invite our officiant. We went through a service (All Season Weddings) and found our offician through there. If we knew her better then we would have invited her

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  • Stephanie
    Master July 2018 Alberta
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    We did. He was also a friend of my husbands so we wanted him there!
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  • Seleena
    Super September 2019 British Columbia
    Seleena ·
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    This picture is from where I'm getting married!!

    Also, no. I did not know you had to invite your officiant? I think she will just be leaving after the ceremony.


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  • Brittany
    Devoted August 2019 Alberta
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    Is this something you are supposed to do?

    I thought it was expected only if it's the officiant from your church?

    We are having a civil ceremony. Plus she said she normally does multiple weddings in a day.

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  • Kelsie
    Master July 2021 Ontario
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    I don’t think so. Depends on my FH and what he thinks as he is more familiar on what to do.
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  • Casey
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    I do not believe we will be. Its a fairly short ceremony, and I am not sure he would attend.

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  • Valérie
    VIP September 2019 Quebec
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    We haven't sent out the invites yet, but probably not.

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  • Caitlyn
    Super January 2020 Ontario
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    We haven't sent out our invites yet, but we will invite our officiant just out of courtesy. I doubt he will attend though.

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