There are many challenges to ministry in today's world, and having a vital, relevant ministry is even more difficult. Churches of all denominations face dramatic declines in both attendance and financial giving. With this backdrop, it is imperative that vital ministries seek opportunities to grow and engage groups and communities that have previously been overlooked, missed, or unengaged for other reasons, including some theological reasons. With this idea and this goal in mind, this essay aims to examine and design a process through which the churches of Cherokee, Oklahoma, can successfully connect with and minister to the new Hispanic community of Cherokee. Using the pastoral cycle method, in this essay a process will be designed to reach, engage and serve this new and growing community within the city. This essay will explore the four parts of the pastoral cycle and how each part of the cycle can be used to study, build, and implement a ministry plan and evaluate this new ministry once it is operational. Perhaps the best place to start would be with the question: What is the pastoral cycle? The pastoral cycle is a tool for evaluating ministerial practice. This method of ministry examination or evaluation can be used for a single ministry practice or to evaluate an entire ministry and everything in between. It is a broad-based tool to assist ministers, laypeople, and ministry teams in examining ministry practices. The four main elements of this assessment are experience, exploration, reflection and action. The experience can be described as the realization of an opportunity to serve an individual or group. Exploration is the process by which a response is considered for experience and analysis… half of the paper… personal relationships must be addressed for any plan or action to be successful. It will take a commitment from churches and long-term Cherokee residents for this plan and action to have any hope of success. Additionally, local churches must seek to understand a new and very different culture and perhaps worship style represented within this emerging community. The final key to success would be an approach to this emerging community that seeks to understand their specific needs for church, church services and community services and resources. Using the pastoral cycle method a plan was developed to assist this emerging community in engaging local churches and to provide this new community a voice in planning and setting these services and objectives. Works Cited Ballard and Pritchard, Practical Theology in Action 2nd edition