Affirmation exercise by Ann Beyerlein, Ill. Write each person’s name on the top of a sheet of paper. Pass the pages around the group and write words of affirmation and encouragement on each person’s page. Use these pages to thank God for each other. ■ Care packages by Sue Sage, Wash. Put these together for each other during a stressful time—finals, end of summer, holidays. Some things to include are fruit, aspirin, cough drops, blue books and #2 pencils, crazy stress relief toys like those bouncy