I feel like people at my church hate and dislike me

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I feel like people at my church hate me and dislike me and are always suspicious of me

They always ignore me when I try to say hi to them and they plan things in front of me that Im never invited to and then act annoyed when they all leave and my ride is late so I am still waiting. Like what do you want me to do leave and start walking? And because no one talks to me or says hi and they try to avoid me and block me out of their circles when I try to join them, other people act annoyed and suspicious by saying things like "Um, do you need something? Are you looking for something?!?!" In an annoyed and suspicous voice. Like Im not doing anything wrong, just because I am standing around trying to say hi to people and join their conversations and they are shutting me out so I give up and just stand there, Do you want me to leave? Because that is what I feel like they are saying.

If they're comfortable with everyone else but get rude when you go up to them, they are probably belittling you. It'll become a toxic environment.
You should find a community that as I have heard it: "You aren't just accepted, you are celebrated".
Best wishes!

Whatever happened to the Christian thing about loving one another?

From what I've heard there's a lot of cliquish behaviour with church congregations. Lots of finger pointing about each other and gossip.

A church with support groups or a recovery ministry has a higher likelihood of cross-pollination. People who know they are hurting come in all shapes, sizes and packaging. A recent guest musical act I saw at my current church mentioned the sign on the front of their home church says: "here it's OK to not be OK". I liked that; my church has a Bible study group called "Cops, Cons, and Codependents" - to give an example of the diversity and commonality