Time between church and reception

How much time are you allowing between the church and the reception. Our guest list is 322 but will hopefully be less the day of and FH's parents want us to take pictures with almost every family at the church so I'm not sure how much time I should allow. Cocktail hour begins at 630pm and the church is only 15 min away. The ceremony should be just under 1 hour.

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I don't have nearly as many guests as you. My ceremony is 30 minutes. That starts at 2:30 and my CH starts at 6:30. Pics with every family member is a bit much. Maybe you can split the pics. Some inbetween church and CH and some at the reception. Just a thought.

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My church is at 4pm and the cocktail hour is at 7. The ceremony should be about 30 mins and it takes about 30 mins to get to the reception hall so it should give us just enough time to take pictures before the CH starts.
We are getting married on a Friday and we are having about 225 quests, but we dont plan on having a big crowd at the church because it is on a friday and people are still working.

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My church is at 3 and CH starts at 7.

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church is 2, CH 630 My church is in Bklyn and reception in LI. I need time to travel and stop off in a park to take pics. I want all the pics taken care of so I don't have to be dragged out of the wedding.

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You may want to think about taking some pictures with family or even FH before hand so you don't have to give up your cocktail hour or have such an extensive time gap.

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My church is at 5 and cocktail hour starts at 6:30....
Church is right up the block from hall.....

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Church is at 3
Reception at 7
We are only having a ceremony so, its quick at the church

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church (catholic mass) at 2:15 (one hour)

:::we'll take pics during this time:::

CH begins at 6:30pm

Reception at 7:30pm

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Thanks for all your input! I'll have to talk to FH and his parents!

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Church 3pm (full mass)

CH: 730

pics in between

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Ceremony at 3:30, CH starts at 7.

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ceremony at 11 (no mass) and cocktail hr is at 1pm. church is 45 min from reception. i have limited amount of time. but i really don't want fh to see me before the ceremony. its very important to me. so my photographer ensures me he will take me with fam and me with bp before ceremony and then after church all of us. I will miss most of my ch but its worth it for me for us not to see eachother before the ceremony.

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I think the current time frame is Chruch @ 2:30 (I originally was doing 3pm, but someone told me its better luck to get married on the upswing of the clock instead of the downswing) and then our CH is at 6:30.

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My cemony starts at 3 and my CH at 6 my chuch and RH are about 15 minutes apart
I will use this time for pics

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I think if it's a Saturday in a RC church, you don't have much choice in the ceremony time, 3pm seems to be the latest.

2 Questions: Is anyone having a Sat. afternoon wedding around 4 pm in a RC church ? (Western Suffolk area)

AND - what will your guests do during the time in between? Some don't live close enough to go home, but they're not really OOT so no hotel to go to! Is my Mom supposed to invite them to our house? She will not be happy to add this to her to-do list!