BURP Ministry

BURP Ministry forming in Chile

2010-09-26T21:07:00.000-07:00

It was a hot hot day but our little sewing group didn't let a little heat get in the way of making "burp cloths" Thank you ladies, even granddaughter Rylynn got into the act and helped! We made 23 burp cloths, we had completely exhausted our inventory, the last set of burp cloths went to Chile. Here is a note from one of the groups that took the "Burp" cloths on their trip.

Yes, a new “mission” in Lampa, Chile (a church planted and supported by First Baptist Church of Santiago ) is thinking of starting a sewing ministry. Lampa is a small rural town about an hour from Santiago. When teaching about Purpose Driven Ministry, we showed a picture of the Quilt and BURP ministries at Saddleback. People got a chuckle about the name, BURP Ministry!

Can you believe it a church in Chile wants to start a BURP Ministry, now that's what I call pretty cool. Showing Gods love, one burp cloth at a time. Thanks again ladies for keeping the ministry going.

O.C. Teen Embraces the Vision

2010-06-09T20:40:00.000-07:00

A special thank you to a Orange County teen, who on her own, created four beautiful blankets and donated them to the ministry. Thank you Helena, these soft blankets are so cute and the children will love them for they have gone to Argentina to be used in one of the orphanages.

Blessings to you,

Lynda and Erin

Sailing the Seas of the Caribbean

2010-04-28T19:28:00.000-07:00

In February, 2010, A group of 10 from Saddleback Church went on a PEACE Trip to St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Granada Islands in the Caribbean, they sailed on a 41 foot catamaran. A total of about 150 miles, 3 different island nations, where the people, culture and terrain were all so different. They learned that the Caribbean Island is the 2nd highest in HIV aids pandemic after Africa. The team worked with local churches and met the island people and were so blessed. They visited a local church in Castries, St Lucia, were the team gave some of the BURP cloths. Others were given to a lady they met named Eleanor who sent this letter to the team.

"I will be visiting one of our poorest villages called "Belile" and will share your love there. I will also give a few to some Teen Moms. I have been asked to share at a two day retreat held for Teen Moms so Will share some of your Baby Berp Ministry goodies with them too. Thank you very much.
I thank God for every one of you and hope you will come again. I love you all so much and indeed I feel like your family."

The locals like to say "Grenada is the land of spice, where everything is nice in Jesus Christ"

Local Teens Give Back

2010-04-25T18:56:00.000-07:00

Two adorable Girl Scouts who last month learned how to sew BURP cloths, took their new found skill and on their own purchased diapers, fabric and created beautiful BURP cloths for the BURP Ministry.

Thank you Heather and Sarah, the BURP cloths are not only beautiful but beautifully sewn. The new moms that will receive these will be so delighted to know you made them.

We hope you will keep on sewing and will join us again for another sewing event.
Blessings to you both for your unselfish act of kindness.

Lynda and Erin
BURP Ministry

BURP reaches out

2010-04-25T16:42:00.000-07:00

The BURP Ministry had the honor of donating Burp Cloths to a local and international church in February, 2010.

We also had the pleasure of having Pastor Alejandro from Mendoza, Argentina, over for dinner while he was here in the States. He shared about his church and their needs and was happy to take BURP cloths home to give to the new moms and to their local orphanage.

Pastor Juan and his wife Carmen from Santa Ana, CA, were delighted to take burp cloths back to their church family. Pastor Juan shared that the mom's had tears in their eyes, they were so happy to receive them.

Such a simple expression of brotherly love, a simple BURP cloth was all it took to blend continents together, that is what it is all about!

1Peter 1:22 "So that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart."

BURP Ministry Fun 1-31-2010

2010-02-06T09:03:00.000-08:00

Moms, daughters and others enjoyed a sewing fun day. It has been a real treat having the younger generation join us. Ellen and her two daughters, Olivia (Girl Scout) and Hannah learned to sew and became very skilled at their handiwork. A special thank you to my neighbor Linda for joining us for the first time and to Suzanne who is so faithful in her service to the Burp Ministry. We could not do it without you all. The burp cloths made will go to Camp Pendleton, Casa Teresa, Hannah's House and to the Caribbean on a PEACE Mission trip.

"...your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. For this service you perform not only meets the needs of God's people, but also produces an outpouring of gratitude to God."
2 Cor. 9-11b-13

What a Gift

2010-02-06T09:01:00.000-08:00

Our Burp Sewing events are always so much fun for we never know who will come to sew. It's Gods way of keeping us asking him for provisions. Well we had a heavenly surprise.

It says in Gods word to "Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously... for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make All grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work." 2 Cor. 9:7-8

Well a very special and cheerful giver, Kathy Carlisle, showed up at our front door with a bag of already sewn beautiful burp cloths 43 of them, now that is what I call divine generosity and a real blessing to those that will receive them.

Thank you Kathy for your wonderful gift of love they are beautiful.

Blessings to you, Lynda and Erin

Divine Multiplication

2010-01-13T08:26:00.000-08:00

I was thinking about the adorable Girl Scouts this morning and how they were like the little boy in the Bible that shared his lunch with Jesus. Which as you know ended up feeding 5,000 people. These girls also shared what they made,they offered their time and resources in a spirit of service to moms and babies they would never meet. But through the BURP ministry these deserving women would receive these beautiful burp cloths the girls made. A life lesson in how God multiplies much when a little is given.
"To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and he will have an abundance.' Matthew 25;29

Thanks again girls for a great day.
Lynda and Erin

Girl Scouts BURP

2010-01-12T08:17:00.000-08:00

Yes Girl Scouts BURP too!!!
The BURP Ministry had a fabulous time with these wonderful young ladies last Sunday, 1-10-2010. This Junior Girl Scout troop has been together since kindergarten and they were the sweetest young ladies, (11 and 12 yr olds) they were all so excited and ready to learn. We had 8 girls and two moms join us, some of the girls had never sewn before so they were thrilled to be able to give sewing a hands on try. My daughter, Erin and my sons girlfriend, Kate and I, taught the girls how to cut, iron, sew and package the burp cloths. What was so special is that now they will be able to sew these at home and on their own or as a troop in the future. The girls made and completed 41 burp cloths which was a record, they were sewing up a storm. These burp cloths will be going to a local charity “Casa Teresa” in Orange and to the Camp Pendleton Marines wives.

These girls gave not only of their time but of their money, for they purchased the diapers and brought them washed and ready to create. The BURP Ministry is proud of these girls for usually we find ways of spending money on our selves but they gave from their hearts. For God loves a cheerful giver" 2Corinthians 9:7-10

Our next monthly sewing event will be on January 31st when two of the girl scouts who were unable to make it will be coming with their moms to learn the skill they need to complete their sewing merit badge. The whole troop will again be joining us February 28th for our normal last Sunday of the month sewing event.

Hoping you will join us too!

Lynda and Erin

BURP Ministry how it all started

2010-01-07T08:00:00.000-08:00

“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them,
for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” Luke 18:16
BURP Ministry;
So you ask how did it all begin?? When daughter Erin gave birth to our first granddaughter Rylynn in Dec. 2007 burp cloths were needed and so I began to sew burp cloths for Erin and her friends. One day while on a walk we thought wouldn’t it be fun to have a ministry and make burp cloths for moms that needed to know someone was thinking of them and praying for their baby.

The next fun thing was to think of a name which had to include BURP so we thought of an acrostic word for each of the letters in the word BURP and came up with Baby U R Precious, for everyone’s baby is precious and precious to God. We contacted the Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo and started working with them in a program that offered help to moms in need in the local area.

So a group of friends got together and started sewing burp cloths and gave them to the hospital to be distributed. We also started working with a local organization “Casa Teresa” in Orange that provides housing for unwed pregnant women who are alone and have nothing. When Erin contacted them to see if they would like burp cloths the director said oh my YES we always get blankets but never any burp cloths and I was just praying about that need. So we have partnered with Casa Teresa providing them burp cloths. Then we contacted our church, Saddleback Church and started working with the PEACE ministry teams in supplying them with burp cloths to take on their mission trips. So far we have given over 200 burp cloths and they have gone around the globe. Africa, Malawi, Argentina, Chile, China, Uruguay, Orange County.

In 2008 we had a friend design a logo for the BURP Ministry from a reference in the Bible that spoke to what we were trying to achieve. The logo consists of three birds sitting amongst a zig zag field of flowers. The three birds represent a mommy, baby and Jesus, with Jesus being the center and foremost in our lives.

It is written in Luke 12:23-24, “Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!
In Luke 13:34, “How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings”.

Each month a loving group of volunteers come to help sew the burp cloths that will be distributed. We recognize that we all have different strengths, purposes, passions, gifts, abilities and roles in the Kingdom of God. But the women, who serve this ministry, value their faith and want to give back in a healthy and refreshing way.
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord” “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”, Luke 12:34. We so appreciate these women and the time they give to the BURP Ministry.

Girl Scouts Help BURP Give Back

2010-01-03T10:12:00.000-08:00

On January 10th, 2010 the Junior Girl Scout troop of Mission Viejo, will be joining the BURP Ministry. They will learn to sew Burp cloths as they earn their sewing merit badge. The burp cloths sewn will go to local churches on several islands in the Caribbean with a PEACE team traveling in February.

If you are interested in joining us, please R.S.V.P. to Lynda at lynda@babyurprecious.com for time and location.

Uruguray - October 2009

2010-01-01T22:11:00.000-08:00

In October of 2009 my son and husband traveled with a PEACE team from Saddleback through Argentina and then on to Uruguray. How exciting it was to have our family distribute burp cloths to the local churches and the mommies in that area.

So far in 2009 the Burp Ministry has donated over 200 burp cloths, distributed by volunteers to Africa,Argentina,China,Chile,Malwai,Uruguray.

With the New Year upon us we are excited to see what 2010 will bring.

"If our lives and ministry are to count for anything today we must solemnly resolve to make time for God."

Africa into the bush

2010-01-01T21:45:00.000-08:00

In June, 2008 a missions PEACE group from Saddleback Church traveled to Africa and took our burp cloths into the jungle. Here is a note from one of the ladies that went;

I am home safe and sound. I passed out the burp cloths to beautiful women we met and I have some pictures I will be sending you soon. They all loved them and were a blessing to all. We really appreciate what you do for these babies and moms! You are blessed for doing this.

Talk to you soon, Cindy

-----Original Message

2009-07-27T08:09:00.000-07:00

Here is a note from the Chile Team who took our burp cloths in June.

"The church was very pleased to receive the beautiful burp cloths. We didn't make any hospital visits, but they will definitely use them in their local ministry and outreach projects. Attached is a photo of 3 of our team members and two church leaders exclaiming joy over the burp cloths.

Many thanks to you and all the members of the Burp Ministry for sharing the gifts God gave you with the people of Chile."

With blessings to you,
John, Denee and Nick Parker and Team Chile

Teens Give Back

2009-07-27T07:53:00.000-07:00

Mom's and daughters sewing together what a great way to give back. We made burp cloths for a PEACE missions trip going to Chile.

We are going to take a summer break in July and August. We will be back in full swing starting September, 27th.

BURP Volunteers are Grace-Givers!

2009-06-22T18:38:00.000-07:00

How wonderful it is to be in the presence of those who radiate grace! That is what makes our BURP volunteers so special. They are Grace-Givers, they are so generous with their time and talents each month spending the extra moment to make a difference in a mom and baby's life by sewing, ironing or wrapping a burp cloth made with love.

"Freely you have received, freely give." Matthew 10:8
God's grace is freely given that we might freely give.

Bless you all
Lynda and Erin

New Website Launch -

2009-06-22T11:31:00.000-07:00

As many of you know BURP stands for Baby U R Precious which is our retail side. We specialize in organic bamboo velour baby essentials and we just launched our new website - http://www.babyurprecious.com - check us out!
thanks for supporting BURP/Baby U R Precious we appreciate all of you!

Sewing Day....coming soon

2009-06-22T11:28:00.001-07:00

Our Next Sewing Day is this Sunday -1 -4pm at the Drakes House. We had the most volunteers last month and we had some fabulous men that joined us as well - so this is not just for ladies...everyone is welcome! We hope to sew more than our record amount of 44 last month - so please come over June 28 for some more Burp Cloth FUN!

May 31st, 2009 Sewing Party Spectular

2009-06-15T22:02:00.000-07:00

Men Can HELP Too!

What a delightful sewing party we had in May. A small group from Saddleback Church joined us in making burp cloths for their upcoming PEACE ministry trip to Chili in June.

Denee, John & Nick, Doug & Lisa, thank you again for your team of super helpers that was so much fun having the men involved!! Who would have thought that they would be so good !

Nick was such a great ironer and John so precise at his cutting and Doug was a super packer and tied the bows with care. It was just a win win team!! anytime we would love to have them again.

A special thank you too to our other volunteer sewers and ironers we had 13 volunteers that day, 6 sewing machines, 44 burp cloths made in 3 hours. It was a record breaking party.

Our next sewing party will be on June 28th if you would like to join us please email: erin@babyurprecious.com for directions.

Sewing Party -May 31

2009-05-05T08:13:00.000-07:00

Please join us for our Sewing Party on May 31 from 1 - 4pm. We will be sewing burp cloths for Casa Teresa and local and global PEACE trips for Saddleback Community Church. Please email erin@babyurprecious.com to sign up. We hope to see you!

A Shout Out and Thank You!

2009-05-05T08:07:00.000-07:00

Burp Ministry would like to thank Natalie Blair for designing our beautiful NEW logo! We LOVE it! You are so talented and we are so blessed to have a work of art by you. Thank you again Natalie for your hard work and servant heart.

Blessings,

Erin and Lynda

2009-04-27T19:20:00.000-07:00

4-26-09, Sewing Ladies from the BURP Ministry made burp cloths for the Marine wives of Camp Pendleton, the 511 Group which is comprised of 3 artillery battalions: Romeo 511, Tango 511 and Sierra 511, have 600 men in this group. Of these 3 battalions 40 babies were born in the last several months. Moses baskets donated by another ministry at Saddleback church called the Military/Camp Pendleton Outreach of Saddleback Church asked us if we would sew burp cloths to be included in these beautiful baskets. Here is a note from the director;
“Thanks for taking the Military/Camp Pendleton Outreach on as a partner with your BURP ministry. Together we will share the love of Christ down there on base”.
Thx and Lord Bless,
Diane

Sewing Party -

2009-04-22T14:40:00.000-07:00

The last Sunday of each month we have sewing parties where volunteers sew their little hearts out and make as many burp cloths they can in 3 hours. This Sunday the 26th will be our 3rd B.U.R.P sewing party, if you live in South Orange County and are interested in joining us please contact us - erin@babyurprecious.com. This time we will be sewing burp cloths for Casa Teresa, Camp Pendleton and Africa. Dont miss out on serving new mommies and their babies!

2009-04-22T09:07:00.000-07:00

B.U.R.P (Baby U R Precious) gives back to Casa Teresa not only with 10% of their retail sales but with burp cloth donations. This is just one of the many precious recipients of lovingly made burp cloths. Casa Teresa provides a place for women who have chosen to keep their babies after birth or place them for adoption. B.U.R.P donates burp cloths on a bi-monthly basis.

2009-04-22T08:32:00.000-07:00

March 2009 - 2nd sewing party

We had a small group of women at our last Burp Cloth sewing party ( 3-29-09) but they were real warriors and turned out an amazing 34 burp cloths. Just the amount we needed!
A special Thank you to our wonderful group of volunteer ladies. The burp cloths you made were beautiful and such a blessing to those that will receive them.

Thank you, Lynda Drake and Erin Riddle

February 2009 -1st official B.U.R.P sewing party -

If you don’t sew we have other opportunities that require no sewing. Like ironing, folding, wrapping, praying, donating all very important in making these sewing parties successful. If you have a friend or teenager that wants to get involved or learn to sew please join us and make a difference in the life of a new mom or grandma.
Women together making a difference one burp cloth at a time!

2009-04-22T08:15:00.000-07:00

It all began with a passion to sew and create. Now that our daughter is grown, married and has a daughter of her own God orchestrated the perfect time for my daughter and I to partner together to fulfill this lifelong dream of a family business.
With the birth of our first granddaughter sewing burp cloths became a necessity and a fun thing to do for a “Grandma”! We had so much fun making, creating and giving burp cloths to new moms we thought it would be rewarding to have a ministry which would bring new moms together. I guess you would say, a God thing happened and “BURP” took on a new meaning…”Baby U R Precious” was born!
This is a mother and daughter endeavor of love and desire to leave a legacy to our children. Baby U R Precious the Boutique and the Burp Ministry have been serving moms since March, 2008.
Blessings,
Lynda, Erin and Rylynn

This is now the official site of B.U.R.P Ministry. Where you can read testimonies, view photos of burp cloth recipients, and check out our volunteer sewing calendar. We will have a separate blog for our Baby U R Precious retail side. Thank you for blogging with us.