1. Did I just have a bad experience today with church and the people I asked?

Yeah.  Join the club.  :P

2. Can any Christian explain the worship thing a little better so it does not sound like something insisted by a human king for example which was the message I got there.

Well, I don't go to church anymore, but here's my take:  There are two different kinds of worship ... the kind based on separation and the kind based on togetherness.  Worship based on separation stokes the human ego by insisting God play by the human's rules.  It encourages a self-serving hierarchy by self-made "right hands" of God.  It is the type exemplified by some of Jesus' apostles and Paul, who demanded people listen to only them, shunning others who may not have been in the group but were really on the same side, arguing amongst themselves who best deserves the little gold star they hypocritically say they don't deserve in a false piety.  Worship based on togetherness, however, seeks to improve our sense of the bond between ourselves and our reality and all those in it, including God or the laws of physics or whatever higher sense you name.  It encourages a reduction of self-importance for the greater good.  If one took Christ's sacrifice as real rather than made up by depressed surviving followers, then this is exemplified by Jesus' sacrifice.  If that doesn't really float your boat, though, there is the constant encouragement of Jesus to "be like God", which technically is impossible, but in a certain sense implies seeing worth in everything, that everything is bonded to everything else.  When Jesus spoke of the dead evil rich guy, the story notes a gulf between the damned and the saved, but if you really, REALLY think about what is going on ... you begin to realize that both are still bonded together well enough to talk to each other.  How else can Abraham and evil rich guy talk to each other?  The gulf is just in their minds.  Just as Adam and Eve, furthermore, sought to hide from God due to their shame over a made-up sin, they could not hide from God because they were connected.  God's breath animated Adam, and God's hand formed Eve.  They are, in a sense, a part of Him just as He is a part of us.  This kind of worship promotes a sense of bonding, even if there is disagreement among equals or biologically necessary things, like eating.  It seems destructive only to those who prefer separating themselves from reality.  It is, in fact, creative.  Our species survived due to cooperation.  We evolved with social guidelines instead of risking everything by having the biggest horns (must ... avoid ... dirty ... mind ... LOL), the biggest wings, the most colorful skin, etc.  We depend not on ourselves but on all in existence.

I go to church because doing so satisfies some personal needs--for instance being with people with whom I share common values, feeling connected to those whose way of life I admire and respect, and engaging in an experience that I find emotionally satisfying. I've been doing this for most ofthe last 50 years or so and it works for me. What are you looking for?