Wedding Invitations: Wedding Invitation Wording for a Formal Church Wedding

The invitation to a church wedding is worded with a bit more formality than

the home wedding invitation wording. It is sent out six to eight weeks before

the day set for the wedding.

The church wedding invitation requires no written

acknowledgement, except in those rare cases when there is a request for it.

Instead of the initials, R.S.V.P., it is better form to say simply, "Please

reply." Invitations for the home wedding invitation wording, of course, require

prompt acknowledgment.

Following are two forms of church wedding invitation wording which are most

often used:

Mr. and Mrs. John Harrison

request the honor of

.......................

presence at the marriage of their daughter

Katherine Lea

with

Mr. Stephen Wright

Thursday, the fifteenth of April

Two thousand and six

at four o'clock in the afternoon

St. Ann's Church

Gloucester

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Grant

request the honor of your presence

at the marriage of their daughter

Victoria Lynn

and

Mr. Franklin Rivera

Friday, the fourth of June

Two thousand and six

at six o'clock in the evening

St. Ann's Church

Gloucester

In the first invitation, the name of the guest is written by hand in the

space left for that purpose. The use of "marriage" and "marriage with" is now

customary in preference to "marriage to." All three words are in good form,

however, and any one of them may be used.