Eutychus literally means “fortunate” in Greek, and if you do not remember who he was, you can read about him in the Bible:
And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. (Acts 20:9, English Standard Version)
Eutychus, a.k.a. Les Bollinger, and his wife, Helen, live in Pennsylvania, where he serves as a bi-vocational pastor of Beaver Baptist Church. When not performing his pastoral duties, Eutychus works as a decision support analyst at Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Eutychus is truly fortunate-blessed, in fact-and he too has been known to get sleepy during sermons. For that matter, people have been known to fall asleep during his sermons.
You’d a cussed too if you fell out of a third floor window.
Sorry Les, I just couldn’t help myself.
Hi Benjamin,
Thanks for the chuckle, and thanks for visiting!
Les
Eutychus,
” he too has been known to get sleepy during sermons”
His own sermons?? Just thought I would check.
Take care brother.
Rodger
It is my understanding that narcolepsy, a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep, may be caused by extreme emotional excitement. I have always thought it best to attribute people falling asleep while I am preaching to this extreme excitement.