Wedding Invitations

Religious Wedding Invitation Wording

Religious wedding invitations are a great deal when it comes to the planning of a religious wedding. Basically, with the wedding invitations you announce your wedding day but they are also made to attract attention.

These invitations come in a wide variety of designs, patterns or color combination, but you can also opt for the simple wedding invitations with intricate calligraphy to make them look more special.

But let us not forget about what is really important about a wedding invitation and that being the information about the wedding; usually the addressing formulas and the use of formal language are considered as highly important and because of that we even talk about a wording etiquette for the wedding invitations.

The invitation should contain pertinent information about the wedding such as the name of the bride and groom, the bride’s name being mentioned first, the location of the ceremony, date and time. It is your choice whether to mention the name of the wedding hosts or not.

In normal circumstances, the parents of the bride act as the wedding hosts, but sometimes the groom’s parents can also make a financial contribution; in these modern days, couples often decide to pay for their own weddings.

Other informational details about the wedding which can be included on the invitations are the directional signs for the location of the ceremony or even a printed map, the RSVP, being a phone number or written on a separate card, information about the after-party or the reception such as the address and time; you can also make some suggestions about how should your guests dress if you are having a theme wedding party.

Before sealing them in their double or single envelopes and mail them out, make sure to read a couple of times the text of the wedding invitation, always with fresh eyes, to spot any spelling mistakes; errors in using the correct honorifics or addressing forms can cause some grave embarrassments so you probably want to avoid that at any cost.

There are some basic facts you need to know about the wording for the religious wedding invitations.

Capital letters are treated as sentences and are capitalized if you would read the wording as a sentence, but usually it is not necessary to capitalize each line or letter; courtesy titles and proper names are capitalized.

The punctuation ought to be used only after courtesy titles or honorifics such as Dr. or Mr. and Mrs. Time is spelled out such as this: as an example, for 5:30 p.m. the spelling should be half past five o’clock; the year can be mentioned or not, but make sure to spell it. Usually all the numbers are spelled out and the same goes for the date, which follows the day.

All formal invitations are written in third person.

Below you may find some examples of religious wordings for the wedding invitations.

“God gives life a chance to give love on the twenty seventh of May, two thousand and ten as Gillian Anderson and Robert Crimson will be united in Holy Matrimony. Your presence is requested by the parents of the bride, Valeria and Tim Anderson, to join in this celebration of love at half past five o’clock in the evening, St. Mary’s Church, New Orleans,  Louisiana.”

”They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. Mr. and Mrs. Tim Anderson, request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Gillian to Robert Crimson, son of Mr. William Crimson and Mrs. Samantha James, on Sunday, the twenty seventh of May, two thousand and ten, at half past five o’clock in the evening, St. Mary’s Church, New Orleans, Louisiana.”

“Desiring God’s will for their lives and believing that includes each other, Gillian Anderson and Robert Crimson, together with their parents, invite you to share their joy as they are united in the Lord Jesus Christ, on Sunday, the twenty seventh of May, two thousand and ten, at half past five o’clock in the evening, St. Mary’s Church, New Orleans, Louisiana.”

“The most joyous of occasions is the union of man and woman in a celebration of life…Gillian and Robert will vow their lives to one another forever on Sunday, the twenty seventh of May, two thousand and ten. Mr. and Mrs. Tim Anderson and Mr. William Crimson and Mrs. Samantha James invite you to join with them in asking God’s blessing upon this holy union at half past five o’clock in the evening, St. Mary’s Church, New Orleans, Louisiana.”

Written by WeddingInvitations, date May 10, 2010 in Wedding Invitations
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