UU Faith with Daniel Schlorff

Professional Identity

Daniel Schlorff is Director of Religious Education at The Unitarian Society of New Haven (CT).  His professional affiliations include membership in Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREdA), the Society of Certified Senior Advisors (SCSA) and the Unitarian Universalist Musicians' Network (UUMN).

He currently serves as an at-large member of Continental Unitarian Universalist Youth Adult Network (C*UUYAN) and is an Aspirant for fellowship in Unitarian Universalist ministry.

Education

Daniel Schlorff is a religious educator trained in philosophy, theology, sacred literature, Greek, church music, fundraising for religious nonprofits, professional ethics, and the many health, financial and spiritual issues related to communicating with senior adults.  He holds degrees from Meadville-Lombard Theological School and Olivet Nazarene University, and he holds certification through the Society of Certified Senior Advisors.

Schlorff sings bass with Yale Camerata and its chamber choir, Pro Musica, and has developed an extensive solo repertoire in English drinking songs and sacred classics. 

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Experience

Professionally, Schlorff has served Unitarian Universalist churches in multiple rolls, including Director of Religious Education, Youth Group Coordinator, Religious Education Assistant, and Office Manager. Prior to his UU affiliation, was a local minister in the Church of the Nazarene.  In ministry, Schlorff has blessed same-sex marriages and has preached across denominational lines, bringing his message most frequently to churches that are Unitarian Universalist, United Church of Christ, and United Methodist.

Schlorff has also been a faculty member of University of Wisconsin-Parkside (Sociology and Anthropology) and Carthage College (Religion).

In 2008, Schlorff was a featured panelist on diversity for the National Educators' Association meeting in the nation's capital.  He was also an elector for the 2008 presidential nominating convention.

In 2007, the Windy City Times honored Schlorff among the top "30 Under 30" in the Chicago area.

In 2006, Schlorff was a nominee for Illinois Treasurer.  As a political resource, Schlorff has been a featured guest on television programs, including WGN-TV, WTTW Chicago, ABS-CBN; and radio broadcasts including Chicago Public Radio, WGN Radio and Illinois Public Radio. 

In 2005, Schlorff graduated from Meadville Lombard Theological School with his master of arts in religion and co-chaired the editorial board of a nationally distributed environmental newspaper.

In 2004, Schlorff helped lead the Chicago lay-led incarnation of the Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry, when it lost congregational support soon after its founding.  The Illinois Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry is now a statewide organization led by the Rev. Dr. Rudra Dundzila with congregational support.