So I have a question...
My mom says a lot of my church family is expecting to be invited to the wedding. She says not all of them are going to the reception, but I can't rely on the assumption that they're not going to want to come or ask about it.
We have a very strict limit on the amount of people we can invite to the reception. I had just planned on inviting our guest list to both events. My mom now thinks I should do an open announcement in our monthly church bulletin that the church is invited to the ceremony part and to not even mention the reception.
My question:
Is this tacky and would people understand that they can't come to the reception unless they got an invitation in the mail?
I've been going to my church for 15 years, and while I would love to invite all the people who do matter to me, it's just not possible. My fiance has a large family. Between our two families we've already hit 40 people and this is just the bridal/groom party and their significant others/parents. All of his family is here while most of mine cannot come as they are out of state. We are really limited to 100-120 for the reception.
Please let me now what you think.
Thanks!
