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By Ruth Rice and Debbie Green
Ideas to teach primary school age children about wellbeing from a Christian perspective.
This A-Z of wellbeing words provides simple things for you to do and think about that can help you look after your mental health. Read 26 stories about Jesus who is the very best teacher when it comes to wellbeing. Then explore each wellbeing word as you try different activities, colour in pictures and pray some prayers.
A-Z of Wellbeing toolkit provides ideas and resources to teach children in primary schools and Sunday schools about wellbeing from a Christian perspective. 26 teaching sessions explore a different wellbeing word that encourages children to look after their mental health. Ideas are included for both larger and smaller groups so sessions can be easily adapted to each setting with minimal preparation needed. Accompanying images and worksheets are available to download for free via a QR code or web link included in the book.
These can be ordered from St Andrew's Bookshop via their website (also available from other booksellers).
By Ruth Rice
A practical look at how we can renew wellbeing in our own lives and our local communities. After Ruth Rice unexpectedly found herself grappling with her own mental health, she began to look for ways to renew her own wellbeing. As she introduced simple habits woven around prayer and stillness into her life, God began to give her a heart to help others too. The Renew Wellbeing charity was born, assisting churches to open accessible, safe spaces on the high street for those who have mental ill health. Ruth shares why the renew centre / cafe model is so different, looking at the three important principles of being present, being prayerful, and being in partnership. Full of helpful resources, readers will learn how to connect, keep learning, get active, take notice and give in order to maintain their own wellbeing. Ruth inspires, encourages and enables the church to step out and provide Renew spaces. This timely and insightful book is packed full of practical resources to help local communities journey alongside each other to renew wellbeing.
A-Z of Wellbeing is an accessible introduction to help you attend to your own wellbeing and live out your own alphabet of peace. It presents twenty-six words of wellness to help you discover new practices, connect with God, and share wellbeing with others. Each topic guides the reader to:
Awarded "Audio Book Of The Year" at the Christian Resources Together awards 2025
Renewable Wellbeing outlines the five ways of wellbeing as modelled in Jesus and offers a manifesto of change to help create simpler and more sustainable ways of being church in a world that desperately needs peace and hope. Wellbeing is at the very heart of the gospel but, in well-intentioned efforts to keep activities running, are over busy churches simply burning-out and missing this peace of Jesus?
Renewable Wellbeing reveals how re-discovering the Jesus way of wellbeing is our best hope for a tired church in a broken world. Examining episodes from Jesus’ life as seen in John’s Gospel, Ruth Rice unpacks the five culture shifts she believes the church needs today to renew wellbeing in our churches: connecting with our identity, learning the new economy of the kingdom, getting active in community, taking notice of simplicity in our habits, and giving in renewable ways and sensing our call to serve.
Renewable Wellbeing is an invitation to simpler, safer and more sustainable ways of being church in a world in need of communities of wellbeing.
You can order the book from St Andrew's Bookshop plus other Christian book shops and retailers.
5 Ways to Inner Wellbeing - Written by Ruth Rice, this is available as an e-book from Amazon.
Available on The Bible App Click here for more information
Slow Down, Show Up and Pray: Wellbeing the Jesus Way is a FREE Bible plan by Ruth Rice taking a look at what the Bible has to say about mental health and emotional wellbeing and what Jesus shows us about living with wellbeing practices.
Church of England Mental Health Reflections Supporting Good Mental Health, a booklet consisting of 13 daily reflections which include 'Have A Go Habits' written by Ruth Rice.