Wedding Invitation Help! How do you word an invitation for an already married couple?

Question

My husband deployed to Iraq last August. We were engaged at the time but the day before he deployed we decided to elope. Only one friend was there as a witness. Now that he is home we planned a wedding in Nov. but Im lost on how to word the invitations. Mostly everyone knows that we are already married now, (we kept it quiet so we still think it was a special event later).

Three things though: 1. We are keeping our original date from August, 2. all of our parents are divorced and all but one is remarried, and 3. I still have my maiden name and will until our Church ceremony.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!

Answer 1

Because you are having a church ceremony and reception, I would word it just like a normal invite ..

The honor of your presence is requested at the marriage of

Jane Doe

and

John Smith

August 2, 2008 at

St. Mary's Church

blah, blah, blah

If you feel it is necessary you could put "religious marriage" or "Christian Marriage" or use the words "Vow Renewal" instead of "marriage".

Answer 2

I was married in Hawai'i in a small ceremony, but then had a reception in Minnesota for all of my family and friends.  In our invitations we said "come celebrate the marriage..." or something like that.  I think you can easily word it.  You could also say something like "Join us in celebrating the union between ___ and ___...which took place on August 2", or leave the date out.