The church expanded its programs to include various social services and clubs for neighborhood residents who had immigrated to Northeast Minneapolis from France, Germany, and Scandinavia.

These newcomers still needed social services, but since most of them were Catholic, they were unwilling to accept Protestant religious education.

The key finding of the study was that the neighborhood needed a sense of unity, since immigrants from various ethnic groups had differences with each other.

The study found that they could acquaint new immigrants with American cultural norms and provide education, health care, and recreation.

A program to help women find work in conjunction with a day nursery was created.

When the Great Depression hit, the NENH became a focal point for aid programs in the neighborhood.

He was succeeded by Lester Shaeffer and subsequently Joe Holewa, a native of the Northeast neighborhood.

The people who had grown up with the NENH moved out of the neighborhood; new arrivals were unfamiliar with its mission.