Ministry presents many challenges in today's world and it is even more difficult to have a vital and relevant ministry. Churches of all denominations are facing a drastic decline in the number of worshipers and financial donations. In this context, it is imperative that vital ministries seek opportunities for growth and engagement of groups and communities that have previously been neglected, missed, or uninvolved for other reasons, including some theological reasons. With this idea and goal in mind, this essay aims to examine and design a process by which churches in Cherokee, Oklahoma can successfully connect and minister to Cherokee's new Hispanic community. Using the pastoral cycle method, a process will be designed in this essay 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 up and running. Perhaps the best starting point would be to ask the question: what is the pastoral cycle? The pastoral cycle is a tool for evaluating the practice of ministry. This method of ministry review or evaluation can be used for a single ministry practice or to evaluate a ministry as a whole and everything in between. This is a very broad tool intended to help ministers, lay people and ministry teams examine ministry practices. The four main elements of this assessment are experience, exploration, reflection and action. Experience can be described as realizing an opportunity to serve an individual or group. Exploration is the process by which a response is considered for experiment and analysis...... middle of document ...... personal relationships must be addressed for any plan or action to be successful. Commitment, from churches and long-term residents of Cherokee, will be necessary 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 seeking to understand its unique needs for church, religious services, and community services and resources. Using the pastoral cycle method, a plan was developed to help this emerging community engage local churches and to give this new community a voice in the design and implementation of these services and goals. Works Cited Ballard and Pritchard, Practical Theology in Action 2nd edition