Rehearsal dinner

elizabethnmartin

is it customary to invite the officiant to the rehearsal dinner?

Beachy730

We did.  Anyone involved in the rehearsal should be invited to the dinner, which includes the officiant.

mica178

Yes

[Deleted User]

Yes.

We invited both our priest and the deacon and his wife.

Loopyseven

We did but our officiant has been a mentor and friend to H since high school.  If it's just a hired vendor, I don't know that you have to, but it's a nice gesture.  They may decline.

mary9449

We plan on inviting our Deacon and his wife to the rehersal dinner.

bczican77

We aren't inviting ours, but that's only because she's not doing the actual rehearsal with us. We have invited her and her family to enjoy the reception with us though. :-)

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

We had a JOP and we did not do a rehearsal, but we did a welcome dinner. We did not invite him to the dinner, since he was a hired vendor, not our clergy person.

katheriner89

Ours is FI's uncle. So we are inviting him for sure. I would invite him even if he wasn't.

peanutty2

My officiant charges extra for a rehearsal and she herself said it's not really necessary for her to be at one.  So we're having a rehearsal without the officiant.  Therefore, she's not invited to the dinner afterwards.  She's also not invited to the reception.  I think it depends if you are using someone you know or if you just hired somebody you found.