St. Michael Lutheran Church, 40 E. Main St., Strasburg, will celebrate its 270-year history with a special service on Sunday, July 28, at 10:30 a.m.

The service will include performances by the Willow Bells Six, a handbell choir from Willow Valley, and a choir made up of St. Michael members and friends who will sing part of a hymn in German. The service will feature the reed organ that was used for decades to support the Sunday liturgy.

The first Lutherans arrived in the area in 1720, and the first ministerial services are recorded to have started in 1730. The congregation met in a log building for many years until it laid the cornerstone for a new building in Strasburg in 1806. Although the building has been modified over the years, the original pews and other artifacts are still at the church. In 1998 the congregation dedicated a pipe organ which it built over an eight-year period. It has three manuals, 26 ranks and 1,593 pipes. A 2009 addition made the building handicapped-accessible.

The sanctuary is air conditioned, and parking is available.