This page has more details and volunteer information from the Military Outreach Committee (MOC) about upcoming MOC events/activities.
Military Outreach Events
Children’s Clothing Fair:
26 March 2026
9:00am-11:00am
at Murphy Canyon Chapel
3200 Santo Road, SD 92124
Donated children's clothing in good condition will be available for military families at no cost.
Spring Military Appreciation Food Drive: Saturday 23 May 2026
The Military Appreciation Food Drive focus is to help military families in need due to financial limitations by providing them nourishing food and to demonstrate TLC's resolve to support the local military families. Our Spring Food Drive provides a bag of food staples for the family and a $25 Commissary Gift Card to buy meats or other desired items.
Sponsor a Food Package: Donations will be accepted 29 March - 3 May
REGISTRATION FOR MILITARY FAMILIES INTERESTED IN RECEIVING A FOOD PACKAGE IS 21 APRIL - 1 MAY. Registration is required to ensure no one is turned away.
STEP and
Sharing The Joy!
TLC teams with STEP (Support The Enlisted Project) to support their annual Christmas Sharing the Joy Toy Drive and Adopt a Family projects. Each year STEP has over 200 local military families registering for “adoption” and while many are adopted, some are not. For those families, the toy drive ensures that the children of the non-adopted families “share the joy” of receiving Christmas toys.
More info on STEP and to Adopt a Family, go to https://www.teamstepusa.org/ .
Military Family Assistance Ministry
An opportunity to assist a military family in an extremis can occur at any time and we stand ready with helping hands to provide food, money, and transportation.
Volunteer Opportunities: If you are willing to be on call for transportation support, please contact Wayne Duke at 858-740-1068 via email at moc@tierrasantalutheran.org.
Donation: Monetary donation of any amount to support this ministry are welcomed and can be provided by check to Tierrasanta Lutheran Church with memo line note “MOC/FA”.
Wreaths Across America
Donations/Sponsorship: You can sponsor wreaths by going directly through Wreaths Across America by clicking the below (indicate the Miramar National Cemetery.
Volunteer Opportunities:
You are invited to join TLC members in placing the wreaths on the graves at the Miramar National Cemetery in mid December and removing them the first week of January.