Bishop Libby has presented around 140 Bishop's Badges to those nominated for missional long service and missional innovation awards this year.

The special services, Bishop's Badge Schools and A Celebration of Lay Ministry, took place in Derby Cathedral in June, September and October.

The annual presentations celebrate ministry and service in churches and communities, recognising the distinguished service and dedication of many individuals contributing in Jesus’s name to the mission of their church.

And in schools, children are honoured for their commitment to generous faith, courageous hope and life-giving love.

In 1927, the Diocese of Derby was founded and Bishop Edmund Courtenay Pearce, the first Bishop of Derby, arranged for a medal to be struck to celebrate this new beginning.

Copies of the medal were presented to prominent members of the diocese and to all those being confirmed in that year.

In recent years, the seventh Bishop of Derby, the Rt Revd Dr Alastair Redfern, arranged for a replica of this medal to be minted and mounted in the form of a badge.

As the eighth Bishop of Derby, Bishop Libby continues this tradition.

Each year these badges are awarded based upon recommendations made to the bishop, as a gesture from the diocese to acknowledge outstanding service to God's church.

Receiving their Bishop's Badges on Sunday, 6 October, were:

Awards for Missional Innovation

Andrew Baldwin, St Michael, Stanton by Bridge

Caroline Cooke, Holy Trinity, Ilkeston

Helen Crisp, Holy Trinity, Ilkeston

Rachel Hewitt, St Michael with St Mary, Melbourne

Richard Maltby, Holy Trinity, Matlock Bath

Peter Newberry, Holy Trinity, Matlock Bath

Awards for Missional Long Service

Clive Avery, St Michael with St Mary, Melbourne

Hilary Bartlett, All Saints, Bakewell

Nigel Bartlett, All Saints, Bakewell

Phillip Briggs, St Michael's, Pleasley

Mike Bromby, Christ Church, Cotmanhay and Shipley

Elizabeth Brookes, Boulton St Mary

Kate Bunting, Cathedral Church of All Saints, Derby

Alan Burlison, Glossop, All Saints

Catherine Butler-Worrall, Christ Church, Cotmanhay and Shipley

Eileen Chadwick, St John the Evangelist, Hazelwood

Elaine Chappell, St Leonard's, Scarcliffe

Catherine Clark, St John the Baptist, Tibshelf

Jodie Clarke, St Bartholomew, Old Whittington

Christine Dale, Holy Cross Church, Upper Langwith

Jackie Day, St Barnabas, Derby

Anne Doody, St Peter and St Paul, Old Brampton

David Edwards, St James, Smisby

Liz Eley, St Peter's, Littleover & Blagreaves

Phil Eley, St Peter's, Littleover & Blagreaves

Gill Flatman, St Edmund's, Allestree

Richard Flatman, St Edmund's, Allestree

Julie Franks, St John the Evangelist, Newbold with Dunston

Valerie Gamble, St Michael's, Pleasley

Michael Halls, St Oswald's, Ashbourne with St Mary's, Mappleton

Cathryn Haywood, St Michael's, Willington

Michael Hyde, St Oswald's, Ashbourne with St Mary's, Mappleton

George Johnson, St Wystan's, Repton

Louise Jones, St Barnabas, New Whittington

Anne Knyhynyckyi, All Saints, Wingerworth

Pauline Leigh, Holy Trinity and Christ Church, Chesterfield

Malcolm Lewins, St Michael's, Willington

Carol Lewins, St Michael's Willington

Judith Lovett, Loundsley Green Church (LEP)

Pat Mann, St Mark's, Winshill

Keith Mann, St Mark's, Winshill

Margaret Matthews, St Michael's, Kirk Langley

Gloria Methven, St Mark's, Winshill

Hamish Methven, St Mark's, Winshill

Godfrey Meynell, St Michael's, Kirk Langley

Rick Naylor, All Saints, Bakewell

Russell Parrish, St Barnabas, New Whittington

Pamela Pickard, Holy Trinity, Shirebrook

Mary Plevey, St Michael and All Angels, Brimington

Sheila Rice, All Saints, Heath with St Albans, Holmewood

Claire Riley, St Leonard's, Scarcliffe

Wendy Savage, St Michael's, Sutton-on-the-Hill

Carol Sharpe, St Bartholomew, Old Whittington

Tim Swift, St Bartholomew, Old Whittington

Pete Taylor, St Matthew's Church, Darley Abbey

Sandra Tye, All Saints, Heath with St Albans, Holmewood

Susan Wareing, St Barnabas, Derby

Patricia Whale, St Helen, Etwall

Dorothy Wibberley, St Bartholomew, Old Whittington

Michael Wilson, Glossop, All Saints

Richard Wood, St Edmund's, Allestree

Paul Woodhouse-Severn, St Peter and St Paul, Old Brampton

Christine Woodward, Benefice of West Hallam & Mapperley with Stanley

Receiving their Bishop's Badges on Sunday, 15 September, were:

Awards for Missional Innovation

Philippa Buchanan, St John, Long Eaton

Lucy Coleman, St Michael and All Angels, Brimington

Rosemary Corfield, St Anne's, Derby

Christine Hill, St Michael and All Angels, Brimington

Kevin Jones, St Peter, Elmton with St Mary Magdelene, Creswell

Robert Wheat, St Michael, Stanton by Bridge

Awards for Missional Long Service

Rosemary Annable, Cathedral Church of All Saints, Derby

Carol Austin, All Saints, Wingerworth

Frank Bagshaw, Cathedral Church of All Saints, Derby

David Baldry, Ashford-in-the-Water

Marlene Bennett MBE, St Martin, Alfreton

Stuart Boon, St Bartholomew and St Luke's, Derby

Ann Capstick, Glossop, All Saints

Christopher Charlton, Derby Diocese

Carole Clay, St Bartholomew and St Luke's, Derby

Tom Corfield, St Anne's, Derby

Margaret Crosdale, St Katherine's, Rowsley

Les Dodd, Cathedral Church of All Saints, Derby

Sue Elson, St Mary the Virgin, Newton Solney

Jennifer Hogg, St John the Baptist, Tibshelf

Hilary Hull, Ashford-in-the-Water

Janet Jordan, St Michael and All Angels, Brimington

John Loveless, St Edmund's, Castleton

Derek Marbeck, Glossop, All Saints

Diana Marshall, All Saints, South Wingfield

Maggie Mellish, St George, Ticknall

David Meredith, Christ Church, Belper

Cheryl Mulvey, St Peter's, Hope

Tim Norman, St Mary the Virgin, Newton Solney

Pamela Pickard, Holy Trinity, Shirebrook

Brenda Pickford, Glossop, All Saints

Christine Pycroft, Glossop, All Saints

Lesley Richardson, Glossop, All Saints

Barrie Rogers, St Mary the Virgin, Newton Solney

Richard Taylor, Derby Diocese

Eileen Margaret Taylor, St Michael and All Angels, South Normanton

Lynn Warren, St Katherine's, Rowsley

John Whitfield, St Edmund's , Castleton

Keith Womble, St Lawrence, Whitwell with All Saints, Steetley