Do I send the Priest an Invite?

From what I have read the officiant still receives and invite.

It's your call. Some couples extend the invite and others don't.

I found someone to marry us and we actually talk so much now that we are pretty much friends now and she ended up offering to do it for for free and I ended up extending the offer for her to stay the entire wedding.

If I hadn't become friends with this woman and I had just hired someone to do it then I probably wouldn't have invited them to attend. So if you are not close with the priest then you don't have to if you don't want to. It's your call.

I know others will have different opinions than mine.

I had the same question. And if so, do you invite their spouse? My officiant is my pastor and we go to church regularly. He is also providing our pre-marital counseling so we have formed a relationship with him. But it makes me nervous that he might stay for the whole wedding because there will be alcohol there and I don't want him to look down on it.

I didn't have this issue. My step father married us.

I would say yes, you still invite the priest as a courtesy (via formal invitation). If on the off chance he says yes, you should seat him at a place of honor, such as the table with your parents or FH's parents. If you're marrying in a church in which the pastor can be married like Leyila, then yes, you should invite his wife too (it would be like inviting any other guest with his wife, even if you don't know her).

I sent my Judge an invite, he is a friend of mine and I would be honored to have him at my reception. He is leaving on vacation the following day so I am not sure if he will attend.

I think you should at least as a courtesy.

I've heard that you should invite the priest to the rehearsal dinner definitely, but not sure about the reception.

Your officiant (and his/her spouse) will probably not stay for the whole event. Will eat dinner and leave before the dancing/partying begins.

Our officant is a family friend, my Grandfather actually married him and his wife. So we are inviting him and his wife to the reception as well. My parents want me to invite his daughter cause i want to high school with her but my wedding is only 75 people and i dont want someone i barely even talk to in high school to be there when my old friends from high school wont be.