Mr. Taber has served as pastor of the Congregational Church of Salisbury since 1981. Prior to that he served as Assistant Pastor in Wilton, Ct. Before his ordination in 1979 he taught Social Work at Southern Connecticut State University and worked as a mental health unit coordinator at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. As convener of the Northwest Clergy Association in 1982 he founded the Northwest Connecticut CROP Walk and served as its coordinator until 1995. He assisted in founding the Housatonic Youth Service Bureau and the Northwest Chapter of Habitat for Humanity, and served as a member and chairman of the Northwest Center for Family Service and Mental Health. Mr. Taber graduated from Yale University with a Masters of Divinity degree in 1979, a Masters of Social Work degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1965 and an AB in 1963 from the University of Pennsylvania.