Such a view of worship and such a view of God is short-sighted. What we do here on a Sunday morning is a service of worship not a guaranteed act of worship. God is adored and praised throughout the week in the most ordinary of places and situations. Those who claim they can worship God on a mountain top, lake, in a soup kitchen or even on a golf course are right. However, those who participate conscientiously and faithfully in the liturgy of the church will find such moments more intense, more often in more places.
Worship services are like fitness programs.
Fitness programs are great ways for toning up, but they are no substitute for life. What we learn and practice here Sunday after Sunday will over time increase our awareness of God in all places and situations, not just in beautiful places but in hurtful places as well. Every time we eat and drink we are feeding on the presence of God and the more we include the least likely at our own table the nearer that presence is felt. Elders uphold the orthodoxy of the church. Deacons have a different duty.