My boyhood dream has become a reality this week. I always hoped I’d meet and marry a mermaid as I grew up in the seaside town of Weymouth. This week, I realised that I had been married to a mermaid all along … and had just been blinded to the fact!

Well, Sarah has ‘come out’ and my boyhood dream has been realised. The picture is added as support of my statement and is in no way intended to cause offence or embarrassment to any particular individual known or unknown to me.

This week has been SPLAT. This is the St Mark’s holiday club run by Sarah(right) and Jo(left) and their team. This years theme is ‘Under the Sea’ and Terry and I popped in on Thursday before we went for our curry. It was so cool we stayed for one and a half hours.



These great people put together a slick package. As you can see from photos on the church website, the church building is totally transformed into an underwater scene to allow over 90 children to have a great time learning that God loves them.

For Sunday the chairs will be put back but essentially the church will look the same for the morning service.

This year the team allow the parents in to hear the last half hour if they want to and members of the church serve hot drinks ansd biscuits while others welcome them and get to know them. Today, these people were inviting them to a fun night that the church is running in a few Saturdays at the local Sports Centre.

The children who come to SPLAT have the option of joining the Kidz Klub which meets every Friday night for more mad fun.

This is a great example of joined up thinking and complete mission. There is a clear need being met by the club for the children. By the number of parents coming in there is a clear need for these members of our community to generally chat with others over a cup of coffee.

The whole atmosphere was amazing … I’m so lucky to be married to a mermaid and I’m massively proud of her!