George and Jeanie Martens attended United Cursillos #15 and #16 in 1984. From then on, they were passionate about sharing a renewed relationship with Jesus and the Body of Christ with anyone they could.
George entered his 5th Day and went to be with Jesus in 2001, and Jeanie followed Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. After three years of battling her cancer, she chose to enter hospice care at home. During that time, she was lovingly serenaded twice by her 4th Day Community. She touched the lives of many through sponsoring or encouraging people to attend Cursillo/ UEC. The weekend she died, she and her new husband, Chuck Marsters, were actually sponsoring their new pastor.
Jeanie loved to sing. While she was in hospice, she asked that memorial money be divided equally between her church choir, supporting a cousin in missions in Kenya, and new song books for UEC.
She died the afternoon of Oct. 4. Her husband Chuck still went to the Clausura that day because he knew Jeanie would want him to be there as Sponsor of their pastor. He also knew the community of love he would find there. The comments that meant the most in the days after were, “Now she’s at the REAL Agape Dinner, and singing with the angels.”
—Kathy Dyrdal, United Cursillo #18