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• Are you between the ages of 40 and 50 years old?
• Can you see distant objects well but need glasses or contacts to see nearby objects?
Was it perhaps sug-
gested but never car- ried out?
“Listen, there are a
whole lot of things that teenagers will do. I’m sure they did some of these things, but they’ve never been directed or encour- aged to play pranks or [do] illegal things. People will have perceptions on social media.” Whatever those per-
If you answered yes to the questions above and would be interested in finding out more information about participating in this clinical study, please contact:
Daniel or Nicole, Clinical Research Coordinators 6945 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92115
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ceptions may be, MyC- ity is taking no chances. The officially sanctioned images displayed on its website and on Instagram are polished and profes- sionally produced. Mini- malist in style, carefully crafted and tailored, they seem designed to portray the youth of MyCity as athletic, outgoing dyna- mos, with an occasional cameo by the Holy Spirit. But you won’t see any pho- tos of kids parsing Bible verses or debating doc- trine. On a given perusal, one may encounter large, scowling men breaking slabs of rock; dads doing push-ups onstage for a Father’s Day event; a girl hawking a MyCity T-shirt; or young men darting around on hover boards. John charges that
MyCity Youth is perme- ated with secrecy and a lack of supervision, both of which are denied by Chiddick. “I tried to find a
schedule online,” said John. “There’s no sched- ule. No names, either; isn’t that interesting? Who do you contact? Sometimes, I ask my kids, ‘Am I tak- ing you guys to MyCity this Friday?’ and they’ll say, ‘There’s no MyCity this week.’ I’ll say, ‘Why not?’ and they’ll answer, ‘They’re just not going to do it.’ Where’s the sched- ule? Ordinarily, at a regu- lar church, as an adult, I’d be able to look up dates and times online. But the kids apparently just hear about it, post info on Ins- tagram. They also have these ‘Connect’ groups, where small groups of kids meet. They’re led by a youth counselor who’s 20 or 30.” As John recalls, things
came to a head earlier this year. “Some girl was tex- ting my daughter, ‘Can you come to Connect on Friday? We’re going to have pizza,’ blah, blah, blah. I called this Connect leader and asked, ‘Why are you texting my daughter? She’s a minor, so you can’t contact her. Contact me if you want to invite her someplace.’ She argued with me and said, ‘When she first came to church, she filled out a card with her email address and cell- phone number.’ I replied, ‘I don’t care. She’s only 13, so don’t contact her. Go through me if you want to
invite her to a pizza party. I don’t want you texting my kids.’ They were adamant about it. I got pissed, actu- ally. Then I got a call from another MyCity person, someone up the ladder, who said that their attor- neys had looked into it and had assured them that it was okay. I said, ‘I don’t want to hear the word “attorney.” Just don’t do it.’ So, they took my kids off the list. But I never did get any consent forms for my okay.” John has a problem
with not only MyCity’s communication, but its transportation, as well. “A while back, my son
told me that he was going to the Friday thing 45 min- utes early. When I asked him why he needed to be there early, he said that he was going to ‘help set up.’ I asked, ‘How are you get- ting there?’ He said, ‘Oh, the counselor is going to pick me up.’ I didn’t know the counselor’s name.” Then, according to
John, there was the Sta- dium Night debacle. “Maybe it was a weak
moment, but I agreed to let my daughter attend one of their big blowouts, which they put on twice a year. They call them ‘Sta- dium Nights,’ where the kids are transported to the Clairemont Mesa Boule- vard location via bus. Later that evening, I got a text
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