Just starting out

So first off Hi! Just found this Subreddit and decided to join.

So I'm a beginner worship guitarist in my youth band. I've been playing guitar since November 25' and since june I've been playing acoustic guitar every second friday, so pretty consistently. Now, we dont have any electric guitarists in our band, because our main guitarists left the youth this year so here I am. I really wanna start out with electric guitar and serve God and my youth in that way and did some gear research. I have a pretty crappy Cort electric guitar that I really dont wanna play so I'm planning to get a Squier Affinity Telecaster on ebay or something and a Valeton GP-150 as a pedalboard to start out at band practice in september. I've already learned songs like "Here Again" or "Holy Forever" and will use what I have to practice until then.

Now I wanna ask:

1. How did you start out in the beginning of your worship guitar journey (Gear)?

2. What should I consider?

3. Do you have any tips on learning the role as a worship guitarist, because of course I'm not there to show off in front of people, still the instrument I play can be very distracting.