All About Grapple® Preteen Sunday School

With Grapple, you get the most age-relevant and innovative tool available for helping preteens understand and own their faith.
Your preteens love technology and choices—and Grapple delivers both. You get thought-provoking lessons plus a safe and secure website—one you’ll personalize for your kids…your class…your community. It’s packed with choices for you and your kids!

With Grapple’s help, you can do all this…

Tackle the tough questions your preteens are asking about faith, relationships, and the choices they make.

Captivate their attention when you dig into the real-life issues they are dealing with every day.

Engage their participation through attention-grabbing lessons, thought-provoking videos, fun games, and deep, life-changing Bible lessons.

Inspire kids to connect throughout the week with their very own safe and secure online community at MyGrapple.com.

Encourage faith practice with weekly challenges that dare preteens to apply what they’ve learned in simple yet effective ways.

Each quarter you get…

• 12 attention-grabbing, easily adapted Sunday school lessons where preteens dig into the Bible to grapple with faith and life issues. Each topic is approved by a Preteen Panel, so you’ll stay relevant, Sunday after Sunday. From What if Jesus is a liar? to Why can’t I go to PG-13 movies?, preteens will grapple with real-life issues.
• Grapple DVD featuring 3 discussion-sparking video segments. Also included: 3 opening video segments, perfect for playing as kids arrive.
• Your own, easy-to-use website at www.MyGrapple.com. Only Grapple gives you exclusive access to your own online community for your Sunday school class. With each quarter of Grapple you get 16 weeks of password-protected Web access to support and enhance the Sunday school experience. Your preteens will build community during the week as they create a place of their very own.

Your MyGrapple.com website is….

• Easy —Not a computer guru? No worries—setting up your church site is simple.
• Safe —Your MyGrapple.com site is a closed-church community, password protected, contains NO links to outside sites, and no personal information about your kids is collected or stored.
• Fun—Packed with clues about upcoming lessons, discussion starters, games, polls for your kids to vote about what activities they want to do in future lessons, a forum, and more!
• A built-in community—Imagine your kids interacting with you and each other with their questions, comments, concerns—all week long. Preteens want to be online. Parents want online experiences to be safe and positive. Grapple takes care of everyone!
• Customizable—Add your church logo, upload pictures, post upcoming events, announcements, and more.
• And parents are pleased too! Parents are assured their kids will be safe because they sign a parent consent form before their kids get access, and they have access where they can see what their kids are doing online, find out about Grapple, retrieve safety tips, and view announcements. Plus, Grapple gives leaders e-mailable parent connections so parents know what their kids are learning, get practical advice about their kids, safety tips, fun ways to connect with their kids, and more. 

Try out a Sample lesson and download the Scope and Sequence