Dry Wedding

If you can do it, I would definitely change the reception location. It's not fair to your guests.

If you choose to have a dry wedding that is OK, especially given your religious background. I would not put it on the invite, spreading it by word of mouth should be enough. If there is no alcohol at the reception people will get the idea it's a dry wedding, so signs are not needed.

If most of your guests are LDS, wouldn't this be assumed? You should not need to warn anyone in that case.

In any case, people will see that the reception is at the church and will not expect there to be alcohol.

If you have the ability to have your reception elsewhere, then do it.

This could also depend on the timing of wedding/reception, if it's early afternoon and more of a cake and punch reception I would have no issues.

WTF Wednesday indeed.

Pardon me if this comes off extremely rude or ignorant, but I was under the impression that 'non-Mormons' were not allowed inside an LDS temple/church? To me, this would insinuate that all of your guests attending your reception inside your church would also be Mormon, therefore no issue. I am not well versed on the matter so almost didn't say anything, but this just sounds fishy.

@BtoB so only members of our faith can enter the temple. But the reception is at a church hall and anyone can enter a church hall.

Changing location is hard to do because the church hall is free including chairs and tables.

@Krizia gotcha. Thanks for the clarification! I figured I was missing something.

UO, just stick with your plan. Most places you can't smoke inside anyway and I think people will get the picture with the alcohol.

If most of your guests are Mormon, I would suspect this won't be enough of an issue to make you change locations, since most guests won't be drinking anyway. I'd just make sure to tell your non-Mormon friends that it's a dry wedding. Most people will understand because it's for religious reasons, but I think they'd want to know so they can plan accordingly.

My wedding is a dry wedding. Everyone I invited do not drink except for a few and they know FH and I do not drink due to religious beliefs. So I didn't put anything on the invite.

Honestly, I think your plan is fine. It would be nice if you could have the reception elsewhere and provide alcohol for your guests that drink, but considering your religion I think your guests don't expect there to be alcohol anyway.

I think @Leelee got it right - I'd think that if most of your guests are also LDS, they know what to expect. I wouldn't stress over it.

If you think you can change venue location and still make it work, go for it.

Otherwise, if everyone knows you are Mormon then I'd just not say anything.

I'm assuming the list of non LDS/Mormons is small, so just let those people know by word of mouth. Everyone else should know, correct?

I don't agree with others who say you should change your location, that's not fair to you, your groom, or your families. If a majority of your guests are not LDS, then I'd maybe mention it on your wedding website or through word-of-mouth. If the majority are LDS, then don't even worry about it. Have good food, fun music, and enjoy your day...people are there FOR YOU, not adult beverages.

I would not move the wedding. People don't HAVE to have alcohol. I've been to 3 dry weddings in the last few years. We didn't stay at the receptions as long as we would have if it was more of a party, but we still enjoyed ourselves. I would never expect a couple to bend their beliefs because I need a free drink.

I say stick with your plan! I don't think you need to include anything on the invitations about it being a dry wedding, or have signs at the reception. Since everyone knows you are Mormon and the reception is in a church hall, I'd be more surprised if there was alcohol there!

I think your plan is fine. I recently got invited to a friend's reception and both her and her new husband are LDS. I don't even expect alcohol to be present because neither neither her nor her husband drink because of their religious beliefs. If your reason for no alcohol is religious then I think most people will accept that and be fine with it.

If people know you're Mormon, a dry wedding is implied