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Did the prophets of the Old Testament go to "church"? Did they hangout in the temple? Nope.

You think the OT prophets didn't attend Temple services? On what do you base this?

My problem with your statement is that someone can love God and never enter a church. The whole church concept as we know it today is man contrived. We are told to not forsake the gathering of believers. I can do that at my house, their house or even Starbucks for that matter. It has nothing to do with my love for God.

Getting together with your own hand-picked friends and family is not a "gathering of believers." The Church is public and open to all believers, not just a private meeting.

If someone chooses to mark his birthday that day by going to a building with a bunch of other people and singing some songs, that is great. If someone chooses to gather with their family and celebrate that way, who is to say that is wrong?

Again, public versus private. Worship is supposed to be a gathering of all believers, not a bunch of little private parties.

"You think the OT prophets didn't attend Temple services? On what do you base this?"

Please show me chapter and verse where a prophet went regularly to the temple? When a prophet showed up in public it was usually bad news for the people in his community. Most prophets lived in seclusion because it was part of the burden of their call. When they spoke, their words were from God so they wisely kept their words few and the connection with other people rare.

“But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." John 4:23-24

The "where" is never mentioned because it is not important. The condition of the heart of those who worship is what is essential.