How to word postponement announcement given the new info?

I think what you have sounds great.

Family and Friends,

Over the past few months, the world has turned upside down. We’ve all had to make some really hard decisions, and that includes us. That being said, we wanted to reach out to you to let you know we’ve made the very difficult decision to postpone our wedding from “original date to new date”This was a heartbreaking decision, but not nearly as heartbreaking as the idea of putting our loved ones at risk. When it comes right down to it, a marriage is a commitment of two people, and a wedding is a party that can be rescheduled, so that is the route we have decided to take.We hope that you understand that this is a drastic measure we never expected to have to make. You were invited to our wedding because you are important to us, and our top priority is making sure people feel safe at our celebration. Your health is of the utmost importance to us and we have no doubt that when we can come together, it will be greater than we could have ever imagined. In the meantime, hug your loved ones at home a little longer. Be safe and be well. We cannot wait to celebrate with you next *insert new date*

Honestly, I think it’s fine the way you wrote everything. The only sentence you could restructure if you wanted to would be “ We did not feel that we could have our wedding safely this year given the current situation and your safety is our top priority.” Instead, you could put “Given the current situation, we did not feel that we could have our wedding safely and your safety is our top priority.”

I hit reply too soon, lol but I like what you wrote because you don’t have to go too in to detail of the reason because everyone already probably understands the pandemic situation. If I learned anything from any time as a social media manager or as a journalist, it’s to keep things short and sweet and to get to the point, which I think you did!

Short and sweet is best for these things. People know what's happening in the world, so you don't have to worry about explaining it all or justifying your decision. I think your draft is fine.

Thanks guys - always helpful to have an extra set of eyes on things like this! I don't want to sound insensitive but I also didn't think I needed to explain myself too much.

Perfect nothing else to add

If you have a website I would put all of the heavy COVID wording stuff on there.

Due to COVID and CDC guidelines, we’ve decided to postpone our wedding. Your health and safety are our top priority, and we hope you’ll attend on our new date. We wish you and your loved ones all the best, and look forward to celebrating together!

I kept my change the date card very simple. Change of Plans

Due to Current Circumstances (our names) have changed their wedding date. (Insert Wedding Date) A formal invitation will follow, please visit website for updates and info about wedding. Put the wedding website again.

I want people to get used to go to the website instead of bugging me. My older folks are the exception.