Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is celebrating the career of Reverend James Van Dellen with a special service Sunday, August 1.
His life of service spans 40 years, church representatives said, 30 of those years in the Lake Orion community.
Those wishing to attend should arrive for the 9:30 a.m. service, the only service to be held that Sunday.
Rev. Dr. Paul L. Maier will preach at the 9:30 a.m. service. Rev. Dr. Maier is an author, a professor at Western Michigan University, and a vice president of the Missouri Church Lutheran Synod. Good Shepherd is located at 1950 S. Baldwin Road in Lake Orion.