Praise the Lord and Take a Seat

In no way is this a post meant to bad mouth the church. Yes there are very real problems in the North American (and by this I mean any rich country) church and lots of people want to talk about them all the time, however I realise that I am a part of the church, a part of the problems and can also be a part of the change. This post is just some of my heart for her and my hope for His bride.

On Sunday I went to a local church with some of my OE staff... The music was well done and the worship team played well, the building was nice and looked good, the preacher spoke well and he taught from the bible about Jesus and the adulteress woman, people were pretty friendly I guess and it was good to be there. But right from the beginning my heart was aching as I looked around and watched people singing with blank faces or texting or sitting down to sing because no one had asked them to stand. How I long for the church to rise up and worship with passion, truly believing the words they are singing. We sung two songs and the pastor got up and prayed then finished with "Amen Praise the Lord and Take a seat"
Wait, what?      I understand that a church service has to have some kind of structure or it will never really work and people wouldnt like it, but this I didnt know what to do with. Praise the Lord and Take a Seat?
How can we switch so instantly from worshiping the One true God, the maker of heaven and earth, the One who has given us life in Him... to sitting and introducing ourselves to people?
I had to leave for a bit at this point because I knew if I sat there and listened then I would be sitting there judging everyine around me, which is a far bigger problem in the church than anything else. So I left and sat in the bathroom praying for a passion to be born in this place, for people to be awakened by the Spirit of God in them.
The sermon was about Jesus forgiving, but it seemed like this... "Realise your sins and turn to Jesus because otherwise you will never recieve the forgiveness of God" This is true. But my heart was breaking because it sounded like we are selling Jesus, pointing out the good points so people will be interested. Church is so easy here and at home too, but when I think of the brothers and sisters in Asia and Africa and the Middle East and in some parts of Europe where they are pouring out everything, to the point of jail, persecution, beatings and even death for the sake of Jesus, I dont see that same passion here. I dunno.
I just long to see the church rise up and abandon everything for something so much better, to lay their lives down for the cross, to worship with passion and excitement, to be the bride of Christ as she was made to be.... I realise that this wont happen completely till he comes back to get her, but this is on my heart anyway.