Can a bench, an inanimate object, do ministry?

It was probably eight years ago when two church members placed a bench outside the church.  The bench has not been vandalized. It has not been taken.  

Early in the morning, a man placed his lunch box on the ground, sat on the bench and waited for his ride.  Later in the day, children sat on the bench as they waited for the yellow school bus.  A woman picked up her mail from the post office and sat down and read a rare letter.  A parent sat on the bench,  her attention focused on a smart phone, as she waited to meet her daughter at the bus. Folks from AA sat at the bench and greeted one another before the meeting began.  

One bench, an inanimate object, held a cross section of our community in the midst of their daily lives.  It is there rain and shine, summer and winter. I doubt people think much of the bench.  Even those sitting there probably take it for granted.   I wonder if God is like that bench and if that bench is a sign of God’s extravagant welcome, offered to all the people.